Japanese and South Korean stocks closed lower, with South Korean stocks plunging and triggering a circuit breaker in intraday trading

Odaily Odaily News: On Monday, July 13, the Nikkei 225 index closed down 1315.00 points, or 1.92%, at 67,242.73 points. Kioxia shares fell more than 10%. On Monday, July 13, the Korea KOSPI index closed down 670 points, or 8.96%, at 6,805.88 points. The index triggered a circuit breaker during intraday trading due to a drop of more than 8%. Among individual stocks, SK Hynix fell 15.3%, and Samsung Electronics fell 10.7%.