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KOSPI Slides below 6,400, Posts Decline for Fourth Consecutive Trading Day

[Economy] : The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index(KOSPI) slid below the six-thousand-400 mark on Monday and posted a decline for the fourth consecutive trading day. The KOSPI fell 241-point-69 points, or three-point-65 percent, from Friday to close at six-thousand-384-point-24 on Monday. The drop is ... [more...]

KOSPI Slides below 6,400, Posts Decline for Fourth Consecutive Trading Day

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