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▲ The KOSPI and other market indicators are displayed on a monitor at the dealing room of the Hana Bank headquarters in Jung-gu, Seoul, on the 12th.
Returning from the Hangeul Day long weekend, the KOSPI closed lower, extending its losing streak to four consecutive trading sessions.
The KOSPI finished the session down 241.69 points, or 3.65%, at 6,384.24, marking its largest drop in percentage terms in about a month since September 2.
The KOSPI has shown a downward trend for four straight trading sessions from the 6th to today (the 12th), losing a total of 619.50 points, or 8.85%, over this period.
During this timeframe, after passing the "7,000-point KOSPI" milestone, the index successively broke below the 6,500 and 6,400 marks today.
During today's intraday trading, the index opened down 47.76 points from the previous session at 6,578.17 and at one point slumped to as low as 6,368.49.
The KOSDAQ index closed down 43.08 points, or 4.83%, at 849.19.
Today's decline rate for the KOSDAQ index was its largest since July 29, when market volatility was relatively high and it dropped 6.12%.
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