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Corona19, which has infected more than 100,000 people in the global village, is now shaking the global financial market. In the aftermath, as you can see now, our stock market has been shaking tremendously, and today (13th), for the first time in history, trading transactions have been suspended in both KOSPI and KOSDAQ. Today's 8 o'clock news will take a look at each economic wave that Corona 19 has driven.

First, reporter Jung Da-eun will tell from the domestic situation.

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In the KOSDAQ market, a circuit breaker was triggered to temporarily suspend trading due to the stock price plunging in just four minutes.

The circuit breaker was also triggered at 10:43 AM in the stock market, where the KOSPI dropped by more than 8% in the beginning.

Circuit breakers have been triggered in the securities market for 18 years and 6 months, and it is the first time in Korea stock markets to be triggered in both markets.

Investors quickly looked at the stock price, which seemed to give up.

[Mr. Min Mo / Investor: I think I've lost almost all of this as I miss KOSPI this time. Because it keeps falling… ]

In the afternoon, domestic institutional investors have been aggressively buying, and the decline has been somewhat reduced.

Eventually, the KOSPI ended 3.4% and the KOSDAQ index fell 7%.

The uncertainty over how long the share price will last has weighed on investors.

[Mr. Jung Mo / Investor: I didn't get the job, I think I'm going to miss more ... I don't think I'm going to sleep well (I'm worried) about how it will be done in the Western region over the weekend.

Foreign investors made a net sale of 1.12 trillion won in the securities market and 11.55 trillion won since the first corona 19 confirmed.

[Lee Kyung-min / Head of Investment Strategy Team, Daishin Securities: Corona 19 Incident In addition, as oil prices plummeted, and the unrest in emerging countries continued, the crisis increased and fears increased. .]

The won / dollar exchange rate surged over 10 won for two consecutive days, ending the transaction at 1,219 won.

Bonds and gold, which usually increase in value when stock prices fall, also fell, reflecting investors' anxiety.

(Video coverage: Namseong Kim, Video editing: Jongtae Kim, VJ: Seungmin Han)