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  "id": 2053718,
  "title": "KRX activates buy-side sidecar for KOSPI on sharp rise",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/krx-activates-buy-side-sidecar-for-kospi-on-sharp-rise-2053718",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-20T01:42:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/economy/20260820/krx-activates-buy-side-sidecar-for-kospi-on-sharp-rise"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The Korea Exchange (KRX) has activated a buy-side sidecar for the KOSPI index following a sharp rise in the benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index. The KOSPI surged over 3 percent higher at the opening, gaining 325.34 points, or 5.03 percent, to 6,790.39 as of 9:59 a.m. This prompted the suspension of program trading for five minutes at 9:58 a.m. The KOSPI rebounded after plummeting nearly 6 percent the previous session, mirroring overnight gains on Wall Street as U.S. Treasury yields eased due to plans for increased government debt buybacks. A buy-side sidecar is activated when the KOSPI 200 Futures Index rises by 5 percent or more for at least one minute, as was the case on Thursday.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "KRX activates buy-side sidecar for KOSPI on sharp rise",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/krx-activates-buy-side-sidecar-for-kospi-on-sharp-rise-2054234",
        "published": "2026-08-20T01:02:17.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "KRX activates buy-side sidecar for KOSPI on sharp rise",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/krx-activates-buy-side-sidecar-for-kospi-on-sharp-rise",
        "published": "2026-08-20T01:32:02.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}