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The KOSPI closed down 669.01 points (8.95%) at 6,806.93 on the 13th, hitting a yearly intraday low of 6,783.43 as semiconductor heavyweights Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix led the collapse, with a sidecar-level circuit breaker triggered at 1:28 pm after an 8%-plus drop persisted for over a minute. A drawdown of this scale in Korea's chip-heavy index signals a violent unwind in AI/semiconductor positioning that can spill into NASDAQ futures, USD/KRW upside, and broader risk-asset deleveraging including BTC beta. Watch whether foreign selling continues, whether USD/KRW breaks higher on capital outflow pressure, and whether US chip names like NVDA confirm or fade the semiconductor risk-off signal in the next session.
As a Market signal, watch whether it changes price action, volatility, or flows around KOSPI, 000660, 005930.
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