South Korea's benchmark KOSPI started trading on Thursday below the 2-thousand-180 mark, a low not seen since April 2017.<br /> It's a near two-point-four percent decline from the previous day... another slump after seven straight sessions of decline.<br />Analysts attribute the jitters to the trade tensions between China and the U.S.,... as well as fears of contagion in emerging markets.<br />Foreign investors and institutions bought local shares worth 19-million U.S. dollars and 14-million dollars, respectively, while individual investors sold shares worth a combined 34-point-three million dollars. <br />
