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Nikkei 225 rises 0.74% as KOSPI rebounds to close up 0.73%

Nikkei 225 rises 0.74% as KOSPI rebounds to close up 0.73%

Japan’s Nikkei gained on July 14 while South Korea’s KOSPI recovered from a more than 5% intraday drop, a day after an almost 9% slide triggered volatility controls and intensified margin-related selling concerns.

Fact Check
The claim's precise figures are directly corroborated by the odaily 500052 newsflash, which reports Nikkei 225 down 1.92% and KOSPI down 8.96% on July 13, 2026, with SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics leading the losses. The odaily 500029 item confirms the 20-minute Korea Exchange circuit breaker halt and attributes the drop to US-Iran tensions. Multiple concurrent items (499974, theblockbeats 355774) corroborate the chipmaker losses and the geopolitical trigger. Sources are secondary financial newsflashes rather than exchange primary records, so a slight residual uncertainty remains, but the consistency across items and exact figure matches make the claim highly likely true.
Summary

Asian equities were mixed on July 14, with Japan’s Nikkei 225 rising 500.77 points, or 0.74%, to 67,743.50 and South Korea’s KOSPI closing up 49.9 points, or 0.73%, at 6,856.83 after falling more than 5% intraday. The rebound followed the KOSPI’s nearly 9% plunge on July 13, when the Korea Exchange activated Sidecar and a Level 1 Circuit Breaker and major chipmakers sold off sharply. On July 14, SK Hynix rose 3.6% and Samsung Electronics gained 3.3%, while the KOSDAQ still fell 1.92% after dropping more than 5% and triggering a program trading halt. Separate Korea Financial Investment Association data showed forced liquidations tied to leveraged stock buying reached KRW 425.8 billion from the start of July through July 10, including KRW 142.2 billion on July 9 and KRW 81.6 billion sold at below-market prices on July 10, underscoring ongoing concern that leverage could continue to amplify volatility.

Terms & Concepts
  • Sidecar: A volatility control mechanism that temporarily pauses program trading when markets move sharply.
  • Level 1 Circuit Breaker: A marketwide trading curb triggered after a specified threshold decline to slow extreme volatility.
  • unpaid-balance consignment trading: A form of leveraged stock buying in which brokerages finance purchases for three trading days and forcibly sell shares if investors do not cover the shortfall.