South Korea’s benchmark stock index, the KOSPI, plunged over 8 per cent on Thursday, triggering a circuit breaker as heavyweights Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix tumbled.
As of 6:10 am, the KOSPI was trading 6.5 per cent lower, down 364.24 points at 5,019.56. Earlier in the session, the index had slumped to an intraday low of 4,911.28, marking a decline of 8.8 per cent from the previous close of 5,383.80.