{"id":218701,"date":"2026-07-29T16:54:24","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T16:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/south-korea-halts-stock-trading-as-kospi-plunges-more-than-8-upi-com\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T16:54:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T16:54:24","slug":"south-korea-halts-stock-trading-as-kospi-plunges-more-than-8-upi-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/south-korea-halts-stock-trading-as-kospi-plunges-more-than-8-upi-com\/","title":{"rendered":"South Korea halts stock trading as Kospi plunges more than 8% &#8211; upi.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<br \/>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"> \t\t\tarticle ul\tli { list-style: disc; padding: 5px 0; } \t\t<\/style>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom: 15px;\"> \t\t\t<script type=\"module\" crossorigin data-ll=\"1\" data-src=\"https:\/\/instaread.co\/js\/instaread.player.js\"><\/script> \t\t\t<instaread-player publication=\"upi\"><\/instaread-player> \t\t<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<article itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p><span class=\"story_dl\">July 28 (Asia Today) &#8212;<\/span> South Korea temporarily halted trading on its main stock market Tuesday after the benchmark Kospi plunged more than 8%.<\/p>\n<p>The Korea Exchange activated a circuit breaker at 10:13 a.m., suspending trading on the main KOSPI market for 20 minutes. <\/p>\n<div class=\"mt-5 text-center mb-5\"><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>The circuit breaker is triggered when the Kospi falls at least 8% from the previous session and remains at that level for one minute.<\/p>\n<p>The decline accelerated as major semiconductor stocks suffered steep losses.<\/p>\n<p>Samsung Electronics was trading at 230,000 won ($156.59), down 9.45% from the previous session, when the circuit breaker was activated.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 10px;\"> <script type=\"module\" async src=\"https:\/\/cdn.gist.ai\/searchWidget.js\"><\/script> <gist-search-widget         api-key=\"pk_11ab9c202afbf011ffc985431209efe9f642ab3e23de13504e7bba8e6e59c921\"         user-id=\"upi.com\"         target-url=\"\/ask\"         ref-name=\"upi.com\"         theme=\"light\"         default-placeholder=\"Ask UPI...\"         id=\"upi-widget-1\">     <\/gist-search-widget><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>SK hynix fell 11.01% to 1.616 million won ($1,100.21).<\/p>\n<p>The Kospi stood at 6,212.06, down 8.04%, when trading was halted. The index had fallen below the 6,500 level earlier in the session.<\/p>\n<p>Foreign investors sold a net 1.763 trillion won ($1.20 billion) in shares, while institutional investors sold a net 189.9 billion won ($129.3 million).<\/p>\n<p>Individual investors were net buyers of 1.961 trillion won ($1.34 billion).<\/p>\n<p><i>&#8212; Reported by Asia Today; translated by UPI<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>\u00a9 Asia Today. 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height: 166px;\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-8 col-sm-8 col-xs-8\">\n<div class=\"category\"><span>World News<\/span> <i class=\"time-ago\">\/\/ 17 hours ago<\/i><\/div>\n<div class=\"title\">China hails CXMT debut as challenge to global memory chip leaders<\/div>\n<div class=\"content\"> July 28 (Asia Today) &#8212; Chinese memory chipmaker CXMT became the most valuable company in the market after a record debut, raising expectations it could compete with global.<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12\">\n<hr>\n<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-12\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/World-News\/2026\/07\/28\/brazil-trade-negotiations\/2731785281114\/\" title=\"South Korea, Brazil move to revive Mercosur trade talks\" onclick=\"upi_gtag('Story', 'Latest Headline', 'World News');\" class=\"row\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"col-md-4 col-sm-4 col-xs-4\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"\/img\/clear.gif\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdnph.upi.com\/ph\/st\/th\/2731785281114\/2026\/upi_com\/1ea58188f60c4a4e10ddd4e86d4048c5\/v1.2\/South-Korea-Brazil-move-to-revive-Mercosur-trade-talks.jpg?stfi=1\" title=\"South Korea, Brazil move to revive Mercosur trade talks\" alt=\"South Korea, Brazil move to revive Mercosur trade talks\" width=\"200\" height=\"166\" style=\"width:200px; height: 166px;\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-8 col-sm-8 col-xs-8\">\n<div class=\"category\"><span>World News<\/span> <i class=\"time-ago\">\/\/ 17 hours ago<\/i><\/div>\n<div class=\"title\">South Korea, Brazil move to revive Mercosur trade talks<\/div>\n<div class=\"content\"> July 28 (Asia Today) &#8212; South Korea and Brazil agreed to form a working group aimed at restarting stalled trade negotiations between Seoul and Mercosur by December.<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12\">\n<hr>\n<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"story_dl\">July 28 (Asia Today) &#8212;<\/span> South Korea temporarily halted trading on its main stock market Tuesday after the benchmark Kospi plunged more than 8%.<br \/>The Korea Exchange activated a circuit breaker at 10:13 a.m., suspending trading on the main KOSPI market for 20 minutes. <\/p>\n<div class=\"mt-5 text-center mb-5\"><\/div>\n<p>The circuit breaker is triggered when the Kospi falls at least 8% from the previous session and remains at that level for one minute.<br \/>The decline accelerated as major semiconductor stocks suffered steep losses.<br \/>Samsung Electronics was trading at 230,000 won ($156.59), down 9.45% from the previous session, when the circuit breaker was activated.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 10px;\"> <script type=\"module\" async src=\"https:\/\/cdn.gist.ai\/searchWidget.js\"><\/script> <gist-search-widget         api-key=\"pk_11ab9c202afbf011ffc985431209efe9f642ab3e23de13504e7bba8e6e59c921\"         user-id=\"upi.com\"         target-url=\"\/ask\"         ref-name=\"upi.com\"         theme=\"light\"         default-placeholder=\"Ask UPI...\"         id=\"upi-widget-1\">     <\/gist-search-widget><\/div>\n<p>SK hynix fell 11.01% to 1.616 million won ($1,100.21).<br \/>The Kospi stood at 6,212.06, down 8.04%, when trading was halted. The index had fallen below the 6,500 level earlier in the session.<br \/>Foreign investors sold a net 1.763 trillion won ($1.20 billion) in shares, while institutional investors sold a net 189.9 billion won ($129.3 million).<br \/>Individual investors were net buyers of 1.961 trillion won ($1.34 billion).<br \/><i>&#8212; Reported by Asia Today; translated by UPI<\/i><br \/><i>\u00a9 Asia Today. Unauthorized reproduction or redistribution prohibited.<\/i><br \/><i>Original Korean report: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asiatoday.co.kr\/kn\/view.php?key=20260728010010088\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.asiatoday.co.kr\/kn\/view.php?key=20260728010010088<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipAFBVV95cUxPR05UQ3VWZDdlUElaeFlnTXhlTXk4dW9MZXBVcGFiaE9lYkpWLW0tUGRRTGtIT1FDNkw3ZTZ1TkkzU0dtUFFyb3dkam1oc0hld08wMnZONHdrcnlIWFVxdFZnZTFIdHFIRURwVWFvU0xiTWpxSlVnTDdqREVtYTNYRGhpbkJldEFRREFuTHJuazFDOU1OQV9KeTZVRC1nUVJNUW5NTtIBqgFBVV95cUxQZHpkY3BFc052MVdmeWp2MnVfLWxHUENRZ2Y4MkJMd1BsbmRCMmVJQUduQ25UM25sU2ZOQVliZW5Ed1lkYXFCeXlpWUVoaGxBVkxGemstenJrcmxGd2JXTndEbHVOSnVwVXBTNUJuZVROd0pZUlEwNmtxT3RXa3BfV3R3b2pEMXhfZWZVZjJoT29Ib1ZheHVtYW9nVXgzSFBSZVdiYWM4YlBxZw?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 28 (Asia Today) &#8212; South Korea temporarily halted trading on its main stock market Tuesday after the benchmark Kospi plunged more than 8%. The Korea Exchange activated a circuit breaker at 10:13 a.m., suspending trading on the main KOSPI market for 20 minutes. 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