Kospi falls below 2,400 for year low amid impeachment crisis
Published: 09 Dec. 2024, 11:44
Updated: 09 Dec. 2024, 15:16
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- PARK EUN-JEE
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![A trader assesses the markets at a Hana Bank branch in central Seoul on Monday. [YONHAP]](https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2024/12/09/7bb04d85-b7cf-4ee8-86aa-e8f8c196001c.jpg)
A trader assesses the markets at a Hana Bank branch in central Seoul on Monday. [YONHAP]
Korea's main Kospi index hit a 52-week low as of 2.p.m. as the National Assembly continues to wrangle over President Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment.
As of 2:02 p.m., the Kospi fell by 2.48 percent, or 60.18 points, to 2,367.99, while the won also weakened against the dollar, trading at 1,434.80, up 0.75 percent.
BY PARK EUN-JEE [[email protected]]
with the Korea JoongAng Daily
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