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KRX activates sell-side sidecar for KOSPI on sharp fall
- South Korea's bourse operator on Thursday activated a sell-side sidecar for the benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index as the stock index plunged.
- Program trading for the KOSPI-listed shares was suspended for five minutes at 10:16 a.m., according to the Korea Exchange.
- After opening 1.82 percent lower, the KOSPI surrendered 265.65 points, or 4.67 percent, to 5,418.15 as of 10:16 a.m.
- The index came under downward pressure following the Democratic Party's victory in the U.S. midterm election
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