South Korean retail investors accumulated more than 6.3 trillion won ($4.76 billion) in realized and unrealized losses on leveraged and inverse products tied individually to Samsung Electronics and SK hynix within two and a half months of their launch.
Their misfortunes may have deepened over the last two months as Samsung Electronics shares have fallen 15 percent and SK hynix shares 23 percent as of Oct. 21 since September.
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