Two times as much as Hercules in the South has fallen by almost 26% since July

ON 29 JULY, THE SOUTH KOREAN STOCK MARKET WAS WEAKENED TODAY, AND TWICE AS MUCH AS THE SOUTH (07709.HK) COLLAPSED. AS OF MIDDAY, THE PRODUCT HAD DROPPED BY 25.72 PER CENT, OR 81.05 PER CENT SINCE JULY. DATA SHOW THAT THE PRODUCT ' S LATEST ASSET SIZE IS HK$31.92 BILLION, WHICH IS 70 PER CENT SMALLER THAN ITS HEIGHT. ANOTHER LEVERAGE PRODUCT UNDER THE SOUTH EAST BRITISH FLAG LINKED ONLY TO THE SOUTH KOREAN CHIP STOCK ALSO FELL SHARPLY: BY MIDDAY, THE HONG KONG STOCK HAD CLOSED, AND TWICE AS MUCH AS THREE-STAR ELECTRONICS (07747.HK) IN THE SOUTH HAD DROPPED BY 16.56 PER CENT TODAY AND 69.55 PER CENT THIS MONTH. KIM XIAN