The Nikkei 225 index fell 4.9% today, and South Korea's KOSPI index closed down 7.56%.

PANews October 15 news: The Nikkei 225 index closed down 3,318.34 points, or 4.90%, at 64,425.95 points on Thursday. South Korea's KOSPI index closed down 454.54 points, or 7.56%, at 5,554.27 points on Thursday. The country's stock market fell more than 9% at one point during the session, triggering the circuit breaker mechanism for the tenth time this year. South Korea's financial regulatory authorities held an emergency meeting on the stock market in the afternoon, after which the decline in the stock market narrowed somewhat. SK Hynix preliminarily closed down 11.06%, while Samsung Electronics fell 9.48%.

PANews October 15 news: The Nikkei 225 index closed down 3,318.34 points, or 4.90%, at 64,425.95 points on Thursday. South Korea's KOSPI index closed down 454.54 points, or 7.56%, at 5,554.27 points on Thursday. The country's stock market fell more than 9% at one point during the session, triggering the circuit breaker mechanism for the tenth time this year. South Korea's financial regulatory authorities held an emergency meeting on the stock market in the afternoon, after which the decline in the stock market narrowed somewhat. SK Hynix preliminarily closed down 11.06%, while Samsung Electronics fell 9.48%.