In the last week of July 2026 the KOSPI printed a −10.84% session and its largest one-day gain on record (+17.91%) inside five trading days — travelling 36.9 percentage points to finish down 1.42%. And the month headlines called the worst ever ranks third on month-end closes, behind October 1997 and October 2008.
For years a Korean buyback was only half a buyback — companies could resell the treasury shares later.
Korean media called the bear-market exit on July 10. On July 13 the KOSPI fell 8.95% and tripped its seventh circuit breaker of 2026.
The KOSPI crashed 8.95% on July 13 and broke 7,000. But the won moved 0.13% and refiners rose. What the numbers actually say about the AI trade.
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