# South Korea’s AI-supercharged stock market is the world’s worst in the third quarter

https://mins.news/en/item/79625

- Financial Times, 2026-09-30 02:45 UTC
- Economy
- Original: https://www.ft.com/content/7fb7147a-ec36-4de4-b563-a4ca796fc3b2?syn-25a6b1a6=1

> South Korea’s Kospi fell almost 20% in the three months to September, following a July sell-off. Despite the sharp quarterly decline, the index remains up 60% so far this year.

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