Nikkei 225 closed down 4.90%, South Korea’s KOSPI closed down 7.56%and triggered the circuit breaker
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Nikkei 225 and South Korea’s KOSPI closed sharply lower, with South Korea’s stock market triggering the circuit breaker for the tenth time this year intraday.
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Nikkei 225 index closing decline 4.9%, South Korea’s KOSPI index closing decline 7.56%
PANews October 15 According to news reports, the Nikkei 225 Index (Thursday) closed down 3318.34 points, a decline of 4.90%%, at 64425.95 points. South Korea’s KOSPI Index (Thursday) closed down 454.54 points, a decline of 7.56%%, at 5554.27 points. The country’s stock market fell more than 9%intraday, triggering the circuit breaker for the tenth time this year. South Korea’s financial regulators held an emergency meeting on the stock market in the afternoon, after which the market’s decline narrowed somewhat.SK SK Hynix provisionally closed down 11.06%%, while Samsung Electronics fell 9.48%。
Nikkei 225 Index fell at Thursday’s close by 3318.34 points, a decline of 4.90%%, to 64425.95 points.
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South Korea’s KOSPI Index fell at Thursday’s close by 454.54 points, a decline of 7.56%%, to 5554.27 points.
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South Korea’s stock market fell more than 9%intraday, triggering the circuit breaker for the tenth time this year.
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South Korea’s financial regulators held an emergency meeting on the stock market in the afternoon, after which the market’s decline narrowed somewhat.
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SK SK Hynix provisionally closed down 11.06%%, while Samsung Electronics fell 9.48%。
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This means that the Japanese and South Korean stock markets fell significantly that day, with South Korea’s stock market at one point declining by more than 9%intraday, triggering the circuit breaker; the decline narrowed somewhat after regulators held a meeting.
Why it matters to readers
The major Japanese and South Korean stock indexes and South Korean semiconductor stocks fell in tandem, indicating substantial volatility in regional markets that day.
A decline in a stock index indicates that a basket of stocks has fallen overall; a circuit breaker is an arrangement that temporarily restricts trading when a market decline reaches a prescribed level.
Risks and unknowns
The evidence does not state the specific cause of the sharp market decline.
The evidence does not provide the actual impact on other markets.
The specific measures taken at the emergency meeting of South Korea’s financial regulators have not been stated.
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