Korea Exchange data show a sharp KOSDAQ rally activated the buy-side sidecar, temporarily suspending buy-quote validity in programmatic trading for five minutes around 10:28:08 a.m. KST (09:28 Beijing). At trigger, KOSDAQ 150 futures were up 75.80 po

2026-08-03

Korea Exchange data show a sharp KOSDAQ rally activated the buy-side sidecar, temporarily suspending buy-quote validity in programmatic trading for five minutes around 10:28:08 a.m. KST (09:28 Beijing). At trigger, KOSDAQ 150 futures were up 75.80 points (+6.41%) and the KOSDAQ 150 index was up 38.12 points (+3.13%). The sidecar was lifted at 10:37 a.m. KST (09:37 Beijing), with the KOSDAQ at 743.92, up 3.36% (24.16 points). By contrast, the KOSPI was down sharply, -5.03% (-331.51 points) at 6,263.94.