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KOSPI May Hand Back Thursday's Gains

(RTTNews) - The South Korea stock market on Thursday wrote an emphatic finish to the two-day slide in which it had plummeted more than 500 points or 8 percent. The KOSPI now sits just above the 6,850-point plateau although it may turn lower again on Friday.

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