Bapun Mohanta

#opg $OPG #KoreaActivatesSidecarAsKOSPI200FuturesFall5% South Korea activated the "Sidecar" mechanism today (June 26, 2026) as KOSPI 200 futures plunged 5%. · 📉 Trigger & Halt: At around 11:12–11:13 AM KST, KOSPI 200 futures fell 5% (down 72.88 points to 1,382.00) from the previous close and stayed at that level for over 1 minute, triggering a sell-side Sidecar. Programmed sell orders were suspended for 5 minutes. · 📊 Market Data: As of 11:13 AM, the KOSPI index plunged 451.39 points (5.08%) to 8,478.91. Intraday losses briefly widened to over 7%, hitting a low of 8,300. · 🌍 Reasons for the plunge: Heavy selling by foreign investors and institutions (net sell of about ₩2.8 trillion). This came after a sharp rally the previous day (+5.42%) that invited profit-taking, and overnight weakness in US tech stocks (Apple fell over 6%) fueled concerns about semiconductor and tech demand. · 📈 Extreme volatility: This is the 14th Sidecar trigger on the Korean stock market this year, and the 5th this month alone. Just a day earlier (June 25), a buy-side Sidecar was triggered due to a surge – highlighting extreme two-way volatility. · ⚙️ Mechanism note: The Sidecar is designed to stabilize the market by pausing program trading during sharp moves. It triggers when futures rise or fall 5% for over 1 minute – restricting buy orders on the upside and sell orders on the downside. It can be activated only once per trading day.