On the 15th, a board in the dealing room at Hana Bank in Jung-gu, Seoul displays the KOSPI and KOSDAQ indexes as the KOSPI recovers the 7,000 mark. /Courtesy of Yonhap News

Following KOSPI, a temporary suspension of program buy quotes (buy sidecar) was triggered on the KOSDAQ market.

According to Korea Exchange (KRX) on the 15th, a buy sidecar was triggered on the KOSDAQ market at about 9:17 a.m. that day.

The KOSDAQ buy sidecar is triggered when the KOSDAQ150 futures price rises at least 6% above the reference price and the KOSDAQ150 index gains at least 3% from the previous trading day for 1 minute at the same time.

At the time of the trigger, the KOSDAQ150 futures price was 1,439.50, up 83.00 points (6.11%) from the previous trading day, and the KOSDAQ150 cash index was 1,433.80, up 79.44 points (5.86%).

Earlier, a buy sidecar was also triggered on the KOSPI market at about 9:06 a.m. that day.

The KOSPI buy sidecar is triggered when the KOSPI200 futures price remains at least 5% above the reference price for 1 minute.

At the time the buy sidecar was triggered, the KOSPI200 futures index was 1,170.60, up 71.50 points (6.50%) from the previous trading day.

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