[Breaking News] Buy sidecars triggered simultaneously on KOSPI and KOSDAQ... AI and semiconductors rebound sharply, shaking off 'Black Monday' shock

Investor sentiment in the domestic stock market, which had frozen due to the so-called 'Black Monday' shock the previous day, recovered rapidly, resulting in a powerful rebound in both the KOSPI and KOSDAQ markets.

According to the Korea Exchange on the 9th, the price of KOSDAQ 150 futures skyrocketed that morning, triggering a 'buy sidecar,' which temporarily suspends the validity of program buy orders in the KOSDAQ market. Earlier, buy sidecars were triggered consecutively in the KOSDAQ market following the KOSPI market, confirming the market's strong upward trend.

On this day, major domestic indices such as the KOSPI, KOSDAQ, and KRX100 all recorded upward swings, recovering from the previous day's plunge. The market interprets this as the result of a massive inflow of bargain hunting, as the excessive fear—which had expanded the previous day due to the overlap of global stock market anxiety, geopolitical tensions, and profit-taking sell-offs—has calmed. In particular, stocks related to AI, semiconductors, and robotics, which were the epicenters of the plunge, are leading the rebound, indicating that investors are recovering their risk appetite, focusing primarily on growth stocks that experienced sharp short-term declines.

Expectations for the AI industry persist even after the schedule of NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang, who recently visited South Korea, concluded. Through a series of meetings with major domestic companies, CEO Jensen Huang shared his vision for expanding AI infrastructure, building next-generation data centers, and developing robotics and physical AI ecosystems. The industry evaluates that although he has left the country, this visit served as an opportunity to further heighten investment interest in domestic companies related to AI, semiconductors, robotics, and data centers.

However, experts warn that today's sharp rebound has not completely eliminated market uncertainty. The future direction of the stock market is expected to be determined by variables such as the direction of U.S. monetary policy, global stock market trends, the geopolitical situation in the Middle East, and changes in foreign investor net inflows.

A market official analyzed, "While it strongly has the nature of a technical rebound following the previous day's plunge, the effect of improved investor sentiment is also clearly evident," adding, "For the time being, there is a high possibility that differentiated stock-specific market trends and high volatility will continue." Market participants are accepting the simultaneous triggering of buy sidecars on the KOSPI and KOSDAQ as a sign of recovering investor sentiment, but the general atmosphere is one of maintaining a cautious response while keeping a close eye on changes in global variables.

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