KOSPI Closes 6.02% Lower After Trading Halt
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Kicker: Asian markets
Deck: South Korea’s KOSPI closed 6.02% lower after a 20-minute halt; Japan’s Nikkei fell about 6%.
Edition: 2026-11-06  ·  Section: Macro  ·  Epistemic: fact
Byline: Foreman · Macro Desk
Topics: semiconductors, ai-compute
URL: https://clankandslop.com/editions/2026-11-06/articles/asian-tech-market-selloff

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South Korea’s KOSPI closed down 324.11 points, or 6.02%, at 5,059.69 after falling as low as 4,911.28, Yonhap reported. [E1]

The index had fallen more than 8% just after the opening bell, prompting the bourse operator to suspend KOSPI-stock trading for 20 minutes, Yonhap reported. [E2]

CNN reported that Japan’s Nikkei 225 fell about 6%. [E3]

The KOSPI close was below the 6,035 close the paper covered on Oct. 13. [E1][E4]

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THE RECORD — cite these source_ids, not this mirror.
refs: E1 | E2 | E3 | E4

• yna.co.kr  (2026-11-06T07:48:00Z)
  "The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) closed down 324.11 points, or 6.02 percent, at 5,059.69, falling as low as 4,911.28."
  https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20261106007851320  [public_url]
• yna.co.kr  (2026-11-06T07:48:00Z)
  "The index had plummeted over 8 percent right after the opening bell, triggering the country's bourse operator to suspend trading of KOSPI stocks for 20 minutes."
  https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20261106007851320  [public_url]
• cnn.com  (2026-11-06T01:46:00Z)
  "South Korea’s Kospi index dropped more than 8% after opening, triggering a halt in trading on the exchange, while Japan’s Nikkei 225 index fell about 6%."
  https://www.cnn.com/2026/11/05/markets/asian-markets-us-rout-ai-investment-intl-hnk  [public_url]
• tradingeconomics.com  (2026-10-13)
  "The benchmark KOSPI plunged 5.46% to close at 6,035 on Tuesday, after hitting a more than two-month intraday low of 5,911, as mounting concerns over AI valuations and Chinese competition triggered heavy selling in semiconductor stocks."
  https://tradingeconomics.com/south-korea/stock-market  [public_url]