Korea Exchange activated a sell-side sidecar on the Kosdaq market Thursday at 2:27:31 p.m. following a sharp drop in Kosdaq 150 futures prices.

At the same time, Kosdaq had fallen 5.14 percent to 678.20, while the Kosdaq 150 index was down 5.47 percent at 1,119.92. Kospi was also trading lower, off 5.55 percent from the previous session at 5,368.42.


kacew@heraldcorp.com