Yonhap News7/2/2026Business1 min readSouth Korea
South Korea Activates Sell-Side Sidecar for KOSPI Amid Heavy Selling
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- South Korea's bourse operator activated a sell-side sidecar for the KOSPI index on Thursday as it tumbled due to heavy selling in semiconductor shares, following a U.S. tech selloff.
- Program trading was suspended for five minutes after the market opened.
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SEOUL, July 2 Yonhap) -- South Korea's bourse operator on Thursday activated a sell-side sidecar for the benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) as the index tumbled on heavy selling in semiconductor shares.
Program trading for the KOSPI-listed shares was suspended for five minutes shortly after the market opened, according to the Korea Exchange (KRX).
After opening 4.46 percent lower, the KOSPI fell 446.8 points, or 5.34 percent, to 7,856.61 as of 9:08 a.m.
The benchmark index came under pressure as investors dumped semiconductor stocks, tracking an overnight selloff in U.S. technology shares.
A sell-side sidecar is triggered when the KOSPI 200 Futures index falls 5 percent or more for at least one minute.
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