KOREA'S KOSPI INDEX DROPPED BY 8% TO CLOSE TO 40% SINCE THE HEIGHT OF HISTORY

ON 13 JULY, THE FALL IN THE KOREA KOSPI INDEX INCREASED TO AN 8 PER CENT DROP OF 6900 POINTS. SK HERCULES FELL BY OVER 13 PER CENT, CLOSE TO 40 PER CENT ABOVE HISTORICAL HEIGHTS, AND THE TOTAL MARKET VALUE FELL BY $900 BILLION. TRISTAR ELECTRONICS FELL BY MORE THAN 9 PER CENT AND BY MORE THAN 30 PER CENT SINCE THE HEIGHT OF 19 JUNE THIS YEAR. (FIA)