Japanese and South Korean Stock Markets Struggle to Recover, KOSPI Falls Over 5%

BlockBeats News, July 8th, according to Bitget data, the Nikkei 225 Index closed down 1437.91 points on July 8th (Wednesday), a decrease of 2.11%, to 66,819.05 points.

The South Korean KOSPI Index closed down 409.53 points on July 8th (Wednesday), a decrease of 5.35%, to 7,246.78 points. The index triggered a "circuit breaker" during the trading session and has now fallen by about 20% from its June high, approaching a technical bear market.