The largest exchange-traded fund to track South Korea's equity market fell on Thursday, after President Donald Trump called off a planned summit meeting with leader Kim Jong Un of North Korea, adding a new element of geopolitical uncertainty into the region. The iShares MSCI South Korea ETF EWY, -1.65% lost 1.1%, having previously traded down around 0.3% on the day. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.47% fell 0.6% while the S&P 500 SPX, -0.43% lost 0.5% and the Nasdaq Composite Index COMP, -0.32% fell 0.5%.
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