On June 6, Direxion Daily South Korea Bull 3X Shares (KORU) rose 8.84% in after-hours trading, trading at $662.0/share, with trading volume of $31.63 million. The rebound followed a brutal session in which the ETF had plunged over 23% during regular trading hours.
The after-hours recovery was triggered by Korean authorities releasing intensive market stabilization signals. Finance Minister Ku Yun-cheol explicitly stated that authorities would immediately take measures to address excessive market volatility. The newly appointed Bank of Korea governor also pledged to strengthen supervision of margin lending activities, signaling a hawkish stance. These statements came after the KOSPI index crashed 5.5% during the session, triggering circuit breakers, while foreign investors dumped over $10 billion worth of Korean equities during the week.
The sell-off was driven by extreme market concentration risk, with Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix accounting for 54% of KOSPI market capitalization. Record-high margin balances of 38 trillion won and proliferating leveraged single-stock ETFs amplified the downturn. Analysts noted that while short-term volatility remains elevated, the broader AI-driven trend may remain intact.
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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