On July 7, Direxion Daily South Korea Bull 3X Shares (KORU) fell 19.31% in pre-market trading, trading at $555.794/share, with turnover of $54.17 million. The sharp decline reflects a magnified response to the Korean KOSPI index triggering its full circuit breaker mechanism after plunging 8%, halting all trading for 20 minutes.

The Korean market sell-off intensified throughout the session on July 7. Early in the day, a sidecar mechanism was activated after KOSPI 200 futures dropped 5%, suspending program trading for five minutes. Subsequently, the KOSPI index breached the 8% decline threshold, triggering the first-stage circuit breaker. Samsung Electronics fell nearly 8% and SK Hynix dropped approximately 7%, despite Samsung reporting record quarterly operating profit surging over 1,800% year-over-year. Citi strategists had previously cut remaining long positions in KOSPI, while the Bank of Korea warned that single-stock leveraged ETFs tied to Samsung and SK Hynix are amplifying market volatility amid record leverage accumulation by retail investors.

The fund invests at least 80% of its net assets in financial instruments providing daily 3x 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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