Korea's KOSPI fell 7.89% on July 2nd — wiping out roughly 407 billion U.S. dollars in market value — after a Bloomberg report on Meta's surplus computing plans triggered a global semiconductor selloff that sent Samsung Electronics down 9.1% and SK Hynix down 14.6%, its worst single day since 2008.
Foreign investors net-sold approximately 24.8 billion dollars in Korean stocks over ten straight sessions, while individual retail investors bought the other side — 4.5 billion dollars on July 2nd alone. Inverse ETF daily trading value surged 48% from May to June, reaching roughly 2 billion dollars per day, as a parallel cohort actively hedges further declines. Meanwhile, four active ETFs including ACE TDF2050 are being delisted July 7 and 9 due to benchmark tracking failures, not performance. For holders of Korean ETFs or ADRs, this episode explains why the foreign selling streak and the National Pension Service's July rebalancing window are the two variables that matter most right now.
Sources:
Meta's MetaCompute Plan Reignites AI Peak Debate, Sending Global Semiconductor Stocks Sharply Lower — Seoul Economic Daily, July 2, 2026
Korean Stock Market Erases 569 Trillion Won in Market Cap as AI Infrastructure Concerns Mount — Seoul Economic Daily, July 2, 2026
Inverse ETF Trading Value Surges 48% as Korean Retail Investors Hedge Accelerating Volatility — Seoul Economic Daily, July 2, 2026
Active ETF Correlation Rule Delay Accelerates Wave of Korean Fund Delistings — Seoul Economic Daily, July 2, 2026
NPS Introduces Trustee Stewardship Review System, Posts 9.75% Five-Year Return — Seoul Economic Daily, July 2, 2026
KCGI Becomes First Independent Asset Manager to Reach 1 Trillion Won in TDF Assets — Seoul Economic Daily, July 2, 2026
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