Finance Minister Koo Yoon-cheol apologized to a lawmaker on Wednesday after two consecutive circuit-breaker halts in Korean stocks, saying the government regretted introducing a single-stock leveraged ETF without sufficient deliberation. Koo said off

2026-07-29

Finance Minister Koo Yoon-cheol apologized to a lawmaker on Wednesday after two consecutive circuit-breaker halts in Korean stocks, saying the government regretted introducing a single-stock leveraged ETF without sufficient deliberation. Koo said officials are internally studying market-stabilization measures and that further adjustments to rules on single-stock leveraged ETFs are possible to address volatility. The KOSPI plunged as much as 12% intraday following an early-session drop of over 6%, later narrowing to around an 8% decline. Index heavyweight SK Hynix fell as much as 17% after earnings before trimming losses to roughly 8%.