On July 16, Direxion Daily South Korea Bull 3X Shares (KORU) fell 8.73% in regular trading, trading at $20.07/share, with turnover of $161 million.

On the news front, the Bank of Korea announced a 25 basis point rate hike to 2.75%, its first increase since January 2023, with the decision unanimously approved. The central bank cited triple inflationary pressures — a weakening Korean won, June CPI reaching 3.2%, and housing prices rising for 75 consecutive weeks — and explicitly signaled further rate hikes ahead.

Following the rate decision, the KOSPI index plunged 6.90%, triggering the eighth circuit breaker of the year. Heavyweight stocks SK Hynix dropped 10% and Samsung Electronics fell 7%, with broad-based selling across the semiconductor sector. Additionally, the Korea Financial Investment Association proposed raising the minimum margin threshold for single-stock leveraged ETFs from 10 million to 50 million Korean won, with regulatory tightening further intensifying selling pressure on leveraged products.

The fund invests at least 80% of its net assets in financial instruments providing daily 3x leveraged exposure to an index measuring large- and mid-cap South Korean equities, covering approximately 85% of free float-adjusted market capitalization.

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