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The KOSPI's 5.5% Friday: Concentration Comes Due as the Semiconductor Trade Reprices
An index that doubles in five months does not correct gently. On Friday the KOSPI fell 5.54%, its steepest single-session drop of the year, tripping the Korea Exchange circuit breaker after KOSPI 200 futures fell 5% and program trading was suspended. The trigger was external — Broadcom’s after-hours guidance, with third-quarter AI chip sales pegged at $16 billion, read as a soft edge on the AI narrative rather than a beat. But the velocity was domestic, and it was structural. A market that rode two stocks to a 100% gain cannot fall on those two stocks without falling harder than anyone else.