South Korea's KOSPI falls below 5,000, triggering 20-minute trading halt
South Korea's KOSPI fell more than 8% on November 6, triggering a 20-minute circuit-breaker trading halt around 9:03 a.m., Nikkei reported. The index dropped below 5,000 intraday for the first time in about nine months. It had opened down 120.54 points, or 2.23%, at 5,263.26 before extending losses amid a sharp decline in heavyweight semiconductor stocks.