South Korea’s two main stock indexes fell more than 11% during the week ending November 6, according to Kiho Ilbo’s weekly financial-market tally. The KOSPI dropped 671.05 points, or 11.71%, from 5,730.74 on October 30 to 5,059.69. The KOSDAQ declined 80.11 points, or 11.06%, from 724.38 to 644.27 over the same period.
The retreat coincided with a weaker Korean won and lower government bond yields. The won-dollar exchange rate rose by 20.15 won to 1,363.03 won per dollar, while the three-year Korean government bond yield fell from 3.713% to 3.609%, a decline of 0.104 percentage points.
US equities also finished the measured period lower, with technology shares recording the largest decline among the cited indexes. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.93%, the S&P 500 fell 2.67%, and the Nasdaq dropped 3.37%. US Treasury yields declined as well: the 10-year yield moved from 4.929% to 4.858%, while the two-year yield fell from 4.581% to 4.518%.
Gold diverges as oil and Bitcoin retreat
Currency and commodity markets presented a similarly divided picture. The dollar index increased by 0.40 point to 102.28, and the dollar rose to 158.49 yen. West Texas Intermediate crude fell 12.17% to $89.63 a barrel, copper futures lost about 3.50%, and Bitcoin declined about 1.93%. Spot gold moved in the opposite direction, gaining 4.91% to $4,065.85 an ounce.
The combined pattern of falling equities and cryptocurrency prices, rising gold, and declining bond yields was characterized by the source as risk-averse trading across asset classes. The available evidence establishes the weekly price changes but does not identify a single trigger, document investor flows, or provide independent confirmation from another publisher. The figures therefore show a broad market retreat and defensive divergence without establishing what caused them.