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Stocks in South Korea dropped Tuesday, as the Kospi Composite Index fell 10.0% to 8203.84.

Among local companies with a market cap of at least 10 trillion South Korean won ($6.50 billion), Hanmi Semiconductor was the biggest laggard, tumbling 14%, followed by shares of Samsung C&T, which tumbled 13%. Shares of SK Hynix plunged 12%.

Shinhan Financial Group was the biggest leader during the session, rising 0.2%, and KT Corp climbed 0.2%.

In other parts of Asia, stock indexes were down. Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index dropped 1.8%, China's Shanghai Composite Index dropped 1.4% and Japan's Nikkei Stock Average fell 3.5%.

On the currency front, the WSJ Dollar Index added 0.1% to 97.37. The dollar weakened 0.1% against the won to 1,537.33 won.

In the bond markets, the 10-year South Korean government bond yield fell 2.5 basis points to 4.185%.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet

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June 23, 2026 05:31 ET (09:31 GMT)

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