코스피, 터키발 공포에 2,240대 급락…15개월 만에 최저<br /><br /> South Korean stocks dropped as Turkey’s financial crisis fueled fears of contagion spreading to other emerging markets.<br /> The nation's benchmark index went down 34-point-3-4 points, or one-point-five percent, to close at 2-thousand-two-hundred-48,... its lowest since May last year.<br />The KOSDAQ also lost nearly four points on declines in bio and tech stocks. <br /> The lira plunged on escalating tensions between Ankara and Washington over the release of a detained American pastor.<br />President Trump vowed to authorize higher tariffs on Turkish steel and aluminum. <br />Turkey's banking watchdog BDDK said, it will limit local banks’ swap, spot and forward transactions with foreign investors to 50 percent of a bank’s equity. <br />
