Korea's Kospi falls below 2,200 for first time in 2 years and 2 months
![A screen in Hana Bank's trading room in central Seoul shows the Kospi falling near the 2,200-mark Tuesday. The index fell through the 2,200-mark intraday on the same day. [YONHAP]](https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2022/09/27/d9c12ffd-1f5d-42ab-8a16-1eb6501762e8.jpg)
A screen in Hana Bank's trading room in central Seoul shows the Kospi falling near the 2,200-mark Tuesday. The index fell through the 2,200-mark intraday on the same day. [YONHAP]
The Kospi on Tuesday fell 2,200 intraday for the first time in two years and two months.
At 12:24 p.m. Tuesday, the Kopsi was down 21.15 points, or 0.95 percent, from the previous trading day, slipping to 2,199.78. This is the first time the index fell below the 2,200-mark since July 24, 2020, when it hit 2,195.49.
As of 12:40 p.m., foreigners had net sold off more than 180 billion won of shares.
BY LIM JEONG-WON [lim.jeongwon@joongang.co.kr]
with the Korea JoongAng Daily
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