Sell-side trading curb activated after sharp decline in Kospi 200 Futures index
Published: 23 Mar. 2026, 09:36
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- KIM JU-YEON
- [email protected]
![A screen in Hana Bank's trading room in central Seoul shows the Kospi opening on March 23. [NEWS1]](https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2026/03/23/ceebc6a4-f675-4e52-a28a-5ee26f2da15e.jpg)
A screen in Hana Bank's trading room in central Seoul shows the Kospi opening on March 23. [NEWS1]
Korea’s bourse operator issued a temporary curb on program selling for the benchmark Kospi on Monday morning after a sharp drop in Kospi 200 futures.
The Korea Exchange activated a sell-side sidecar at 9:18 a.m. after a sharp drop in the Kospi 200 Futures index persisted for more than one minute. The mechanism pauses program sell orders for five minutes to help curb excessive volatility.
The Kospi 200 futures dropped 5.11 percent from the previous trading session as of 9:18 a.m.
BY KIM JU-YEON [[email protected]]
with the Korea JoongAng Daily
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