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South Korea's stock markets, led by the KOSPI and KOSDAQ exchanges, where listed companies' shares trade and corporate actions are disclosed.
Seoul's Kospi closed down 7.57% after a circuit breaker, as chipmakers sold off on U.S. inflation data. BlackRock's Fink says halting data centers means recession. HSBC's Roberts says lenders want higher returns first.
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Korea's Kospi closed down 7.57% at 5,554.22 on October 15, tripping its circuit breaker, as SK Hynix lost 11.35% and Samsung Electronics 9.70%. Both fell harder than the index.
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Korea Exchange activated a sell-side sidecar on the KOSPI on Oct. 15 as the index fell about 5%. Seoul Economic Daily reported it was the second trigger in two days, after one on the 13th.
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Musinsa is heading for a Kospi listing valued at up to 10 trillion won even though first-half operating profit fell 11.2% to 52.3 billion won. Buyers at that price would be paying for overseas growth that so far has come with lower earnings.
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South Korea's KOSDAQ closed at 919.92, its first finish above 900 since July, as seven back-end chip suppliers averaged 54.86% gains since Sept. 1. The gains price in more AI spending by the big chipmakers, so the index still depends on Samsung and SK hynix budgets while their shares lag.
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Tway Holdings came back from suspension at 907 won after the Korea Exchange flagged it for holding a market value under 30 billion won for 30 sessions. On the day of that flag it guaranteed a credit line for an affiliate.
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The Korean manager's second ETF lists next month with SK hynix and Samsung Electronics at 15% apiece, half the 60% it must keep in domestic stocks. The discretion it is selling sits in the eight suppliers around them.
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Of 1,548 caution and risk designations since 2022, prices were lower 20 trading days later in 1,050 cases and down more than 30% in 398, while individuals were net buyers of 13 of the 41 stocks flagged in August.
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KRX scrapped 10-minute single-price matching for continuous trading between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m., and on the first day the biggest movers round-tripped, with Hanwha Galleria finishing about 0.9% below its regular-session close.
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From September 14 KRX will match orders continuously between 4 and 8 p.m., taking limit orders only, capping moves at 30% and leaving ETFs and ETNs out, with 38 brokerages covering 95.2% of volume signed up.
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The chipmaker raised more than $2.6 billion selling depositary receipts, then announced a $27 billion buyback-and-cancel at prices roughly a third lower. Price discipline, not signalling.
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The KOSPI closed up 0.88% on the 21st while the KOSDAQ fell 4.63%. That gap is not risk appetite. It is two chip names promising to hand cash back.
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