On July 9, Direxion Daily South Korea Bull 3X Shares (KORU) declined 8.02% overnight, trading at $501.54/share, with turnover of approximately $86.31 million.
On the news front, the Bank of Korea reiterated that policy rates need to be raised in a timely manner, citing strengthening economic growth, inflation running above target, and rising financial stability risks as justification for an imminent rate hike. The hawkish stance added fresh selling pressure to an already fragile market.
The KOSPI index had previously fallen more than 20% from its June all-time high, officially entering a technical bear market. South Korea's Finance Minister convened an emergency meeting with the central bank and regulators, directly pointing to excessive concentration in the semiconductor sector and the rebalancing mechanism of leveraged ETFs as amplifiers of market volatility. Foreign investors continued to take profits, with their shareholding ratio declining from a peak of 39.7% in late June to 38.3%, while the triple-leverage structure further magnified underlying asset declines.
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.
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