On August 18, Direxion Daily MSCI South Korea Bull 3x Shares fell 9.6% in pre-market trading, trading at $20.5513/share, with turnover of $24.33 million.

On the news front, the Korean KOSPI index reversed early gains and fell over 2% intraday as surging bond yields dampened market sentiment, ending a five-day winning streak. Despite having entered a technical bull market with a cumulative rebound exceeding 22% from its July 30 low, outstanding short positions on Korean stocks climbed to approximately 19 trillion KRW, up 14% from end of last month. Investors remain cautious about the pace of recent gains and uncertain whether the chip sector has peaked, intensifying profit-taking pressure. Meanwhile, daily trading volume in August has dropped to its lowest level this year at around 25.7 trillion KRW, signaling fading momentum. As a triple-leveraged product, KORU amplifies the underlying Korean market decline.

The fund invests at least 80% of its net assets in financial instruments providing daily leveraged exposure to the MSCI Korea 25/50 Index, covering approximately 85% of the free float-adjusted market capitalization of South Korean issuers. It is non-diversified.

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