
Updated Kospi closes down 6.02% at 5,059.69 after an early 8.5% plunge halted trading, a second day of AI-rout losses
Yonhap says the index fell as low as 4,911.28 on 27.5 trillion won of turnover, with foreigners selling 2.77 trillion won; a Daishin Securities analyst called the reaction excessive, saying a full halt to US data-centre building is unlikely.






