Thursday, June 25, 2026

Korea's KOSPI Index Gets Slammed Again, Circuit Breaker Triggered

I'm getting triggered.

From Korea's Yonhap News Agency, June 26:

Bourse operator issues circuit breaker for KOSPI on sharp fall 

South Korea's bourse operator on Friday activated a circuit breaker for the benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) as stocks crashed due to a slump in tech heavyweights.

Trading of KOSPI-listed shares was halted for 20 minutes....

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 As Grandmother used to say, "If it's not one tham ding it's another." 

And a bit east, the Tokyo Stock Exchange traders have returned from lunch and SoftBank is now down 13.84%. 

Earlier: SoftBank Stock Plunges On Possible OpenAI IPO Delay (9984:Tokyo)