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Stocks in South Korea dropped during early trading Monday, as the Kospi Composite Index fell 8.4% to 7477.46.
Among local companies with a market cap of at least 10 trillion South Korean won ($6.43 billion), Samsung Life Insurance is the biggest early laggard, plunging 15%, followed by shares of LG Innotek, which plunged 13%. Shares of LG CNS tumbled 13%.
SK Telecom is the biggest leader this morning, rising 0.5%.
The dollar weakened 0.3% against the won to 1,554.81 won.
In the bond markets, the 10-year South Korean government bond yield held steady at 4.260%.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet
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June 07, 2026 20:31 ET (00:31 GMT)
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