Traders at a Hana Bank dealing room in Seoul after S. Korean stock markets plunge Monday morning.
The Korea Exchange temporarily suspended stock trading Monday morning as the country's two markets dipped sharply amid mounting fears over the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Trading was halted on the benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index at 9:06 a.m. for five minutes after it plummeted by more than 5 percent.
After that sidecar was activated, a separate trading halt was issued for the tech-heavy KOSDAQ at 9:17 a.m. as it also suffered a sharp plunge.
The KOSPI lost 97 points, or 6.2 percent, to 1,469 as of 9:55 a.m.■
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