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South Korea Stock Boom: Why Kospi Is World’s Most Volatile Benchmark Stock Index

Bloomberg Markets
Friday, July 31, 2026 at 10:44 AM
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Investing in South Korea’s stock market has yielded huge returns this year, but it’s been a wild ride. Volatility on the benchmark Kospi Index has topped 60%, almost double that of Japan’s Nikkei...

Investing in South Korea’s stock market has yielded huge returns this year, but it’s been a wild ride. Volatility on the benchmark Kospi Index has topped 60%, almost double that of Japan’s Nikkei 225. It’s even put the notoriously unstable cryptocurrency Bitcoin in the shade.

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