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A selloff across mainland equity markets has erased a year of gains, denting consumer wealth for 250 million retail investors already hurt by the property slump.
Retail margin loans reached a three-month high of 33.7 trillion won as Seoul authorities convened emergency talks without announcing fresh market interventions.
Individual traders generated over 90 percent of turnover in Seoul’s new evening market as thin liquidity drove wild swings in small-cap stocks.
Overseas fund issuers are pitching directly to Seoul investors after tighter domestic trading rules and heavy semiconductor turnover sent billions into foreign funds.
Gains from 500-share debut allocations mark the market’s strongest run of six-figure windfalls in at least six years, with one trader earning 380,000 yuan.
Margin debt climbed past 33 trillion won as individual traders borrowed heavily despite pulling cash reserves out of equities.
Women investors in India allocated 16.4 percent of their passive portfolios to gold ETFs in March 2026, up from 6.4 percent a year earlier, lifting their total mutual fund assets to ₹15.88 lakh crore.
Japanese tech giant SoftBank Group is preparing to launch a record 1 trillion yen (approximately $6.26 billion) retail bond offering in Japan. The significant capital raise is intended to fund an accelerated push into ‘physical AI’ acquisitions.
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