'시총 1조 클럽' 7월에 12곳↓… 감소기업 9개월 만의 최다<br /><br />On the Korean stock market, the number of companies worth more than 800 million U.S. dollars or "1 trillion won" has fallen this month by the biggest margin since last October.<br />According to the Korea Exchange, the KOSPI has seven fewer trillion-won firms than the month before, and the KOSDAQ now has five fewer.<br />There are now just 1-hundred-and-86 of them in total.<br />Their numbers have been steadily declining since February.<br />Industry sources say this is due mainly to the prolonged trade tensions between the U.S. and China and the ongoing trade row between South Korea and Japan.<br />