Program Selling Halted on KOSPI, Main Bourse Dips under 8,000

[Economy] :
Program selling was halted on the benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index(KOSPI) on Thursday after the KOSPI 200 Futures index plunged more than six percent.

According to the Korea Exchange, the “sidecar” mechanism was activated at 9:07 a.m. in response to the KOSPI 200 Futures index losing ...

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