A-Shares: Key Pre-Market Summary for July 30

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### A-Shares: Key Pre-Market Summary for July 30 Time: 2026-07-30 08:25:56 Content: Important pre-market briefing for today (timeliness) [Korea Deleveraging Update] [Korea Stock Market Leverage Risk Update 0729] Today, the KOSPI index fell 5.99%, with Samsung and SK Hynix falling 5.23% and 9.61%, respectively. The head of the policy office at the Blue House stated that the government is closely monitoring the market, but it is not yet time to activate a stock market stabilization fund. We update the leverage situation as follows: 1️⃣ Leverage clearing: As of July 28, margin balances at Korean stock brokerages fell to KRW 33.2 trillion, down 14% from the peak of KRW 38.6 trillion; the global Korea stock leverage ETF size fell from a peak of KRW 82.0 trillion to KRW 36.9 trillion as of July 27, a contraction of 55%; forced liquidation amount on July 28 was KRW 13.89 billion, accounting for 1.3% of trading debt (vs.…