Freefall

Stock prices continued their freefall yesterday as the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) and Korea Securities Dealers Automated Quotation (KOSDAQ) indices dropped by 35.86 and 40.26 points, respectively, resulting in a vanishing of 54 trillion won in market capitalization in just four days since January 17. “Sell” sentiment overwhelmed the stock market, triggering a sharp decline in stock prices. In the photo, citizens stare at a stock quotation board reflected in the window of a securities company in Myeong-dong, Jung-gu, Seoul.