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- The benchmark KOSPI fell 4.9% to 7,656.31, triggering a temporary trading halt.
- Finance Minister Koo Yun-cheol said policymakers are discussing ways to curb volatility from single-stock leveraged ETFs tied to chip stocks.
- Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix shares fell 6.9% and 6.1% after Samsung projected a 19-fold Q2 profit rise.
- Retail investors bought 3.2 trillion won of shares while foreign investors sold 2.9 trillion won.
