On July 8, Direxion Daily South Korea Bull 3X Shares declined 10.71% in regular trading, trading at $488.075/share, with turnover of $558 million.
On the news front, the Korean KOSPI index closed down 5.35% on the day, falling more than 20% from its June all-time high and officially entering a technical bear market. Samsung Electronics plunged over 6%, and the Korea Exchange activated its circuit breaker mechanism for KOSDAQ. South Korea's Finance Minister convened an emergency meeting with the central bank and regulators, pointing to excessive semiconductor sector concentration and leveraged ETF rebalancing mechanisms as amplifiers of market volatility.
Investors lack confidence in the execution outlook of long-term chip procurement agreements with AI chip manufacturers. Foreign capital continued profit-taking, with foreign ownership declining from 39.7% at end-June to 38.3%, intensifying selling pressure. The triple-leverage structure further magnified the underlying asset's decline, compounding losses for holders of the leveraged product.
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