The Korea Composite Stock Price Index displayed at the Korea Exchange in Seoul, South Korea, on Wednesday. Get the latest business news and commentary from our expert business team in your inbox every weekday morningPanic swept across trading desks in South Korea overnight as local stocks, by far the hottest in the world over the past year, extended their free-fall. You can catch up with the latest market reaction to the Middle East crisis here. Service sector growth slowed to a six-month low last month, driven by several factors including “rising cost pressures,” according to a report by AIB. “We’re really back in business now,” HealthBeacon chief executive Kieran Daly told The Irish Times.

Source: The Irish Times March 04, 2026 07:08 UTC