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Coordinates: 35°08′12″N 129°03′53″E / 35.136721°N 129.064746°E / 35.136721; 129.064746

Korea Exchange
Type Stock exchange, Futures & Options exchange
Founded 1953
Headquarters Busan, South Korea
Website www.krx.co.kr

Korea Exchange (KRX) is the sole securities exchange operator in South Korea. It is headquartered in Busan, and has an office for cash markets and market oversight in Seoul.

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History [edit]

The Korea Exchange was created through the integration of Korea Stock Exchange, Korea Futures Exchange and KOSDAQ Stock Market under the Korea Stock & Futures Exchange Act. The securities and derivatives markets of former exchanges are now business divisions of Korea Exchange: the Stock Market Division, KOSDAQ Market Division and Derivatives Market Division. As of October 2012, Korea Exchange had 1,796 listed companies with a combined market capitalization of $1.1 trillion.[1] The exchange has normal trading sessions from 09:00 am to 03:15 pm on all days of the week except Saturdays, Sundays and holidays declared by the Exchange in advance.[2]

Traded Instruments [edit]

KOSPI Market Division
  • Stocks
  • Bonds
  • Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)
  • Exchange-Linked Warrants (ELWs)
  • Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)
KOSDAQ Market Division
  • Stocks
Derivatives Market Division
  • Index Instruments: KOSPI 200 Index Futures, KOSTAR Futures, KOSPI 200 Index Options
  • Single Stock Futures
  • Equity Options
  • Interest Rate Instruments: 3-Year KTB (Korea Treasury Bond) Futures, 5-Year KTB Futures, 3-Year KTB Futures Options
  • Foreign Exchange Instruments: USD Futures, JPY Futures, EUR Futures, USD Options
  • Commodity Instruments: Gold Futures, Mini-gold Futures, Lean Hog Futures

See also [edit]

References [edit]

  1. ^ Number of Listed Companies and Total Market Cap, Korea Exchange page on Wikinvest
  2. ^ Market Hours, Korea Exchange via Wikinvest

External links [edit]


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Reuters
Wed, 15 May 2013 06:01:44 -0700

Korea Exchange was launched last year in an effort to tame record-high fuel prices, increase transparency and reduce the influence of the four refiners - Hyundai Oilbank, GS Caltex , SK Energy, and S-Oil. The latest tax move is expected to encourage ...

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Sun, 19 May 2013 14:04:10 -0700

The Korea Exchange Bank opened a representative branch in Istanbul on May 16, becoming the first South Korean bank to establish a presence in Turkey, while South Korean carmaker Hyundai Assan has said it will double the manufacturing capacity of its ...
 
Bloomberg
Sun, 19 May 2013 18:53:57 -0700

The yield on South Korea's 2.75 percent government bonds due March 2018 climbed four basis points to 2.69 percent, the highest level since April 17, prices from Korea Exchange Inc. show. To contact the reporter on this story: Yewon Kang in Seoul at ...
 
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Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:27:38 -0700

Korea Exchange paid the largest average salary to its employees among 295 state-run companies and Korea Finance Corporation paid most to its CEO last year. According to the 2012 official management information disclosure of state-run companies ...
 
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Thu, 25 Apr 2013 03:12:04 -0700

Overnight US Dollars Futures: The KRX plans to expand its overnight market, whose current offering is limited to KOSPI 200 futures and options, to include US Dollars futures. To further foster the US Dollars options market, the KRX plans to change US ...
 
Bloomberg
Wed, 22 May 2013 19:13:33 -0700

The yield on South Korea's 2.75 percent government bonds due March 2018 rose four basis points to 2.74 percent, according to prices from Korea Exchange Inc. To contact the reporter on this story: Yewon Kang in Seoul at ykang51@bloomberg.net ...
 
Reuters UK
Fri, 03 May 2013 00:47:29 -0700

Diesel volumes traded on Korea Exchange are now equal to around 10 percent of South Korea's diesel consumption, and about 1,300 entities participate in the market, the exchange says. Asia's fourth-largest economy launched Korea Exchange last year in a ...
 
GlobalPost
Wed, 22 May 2013 18:34:25 -0700

South Korea's main stock market also saw its turnover rate fall to 19.24 percent in March, marking the lowest number since 19.03 percent tallied in July 2011, according to the data by the bourse operator Korea Exchange. Turnover rate in stock markets ...
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