Korea Exchange
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| 한국거래소 | |
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| Type | Stock exchange |
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| Location | Busan & Seoul, South Korea |
| Coordinates | 35°08′12″N 129°03′53″E / 35.136721°N 129.064746°E (Busan) |
| Founded | 1956 |
| Key people | Sohn Byung-doo (Chairman & CEO) |
| Currency | South Korean won |
| No. of listings | 2,445 (as of May 2021)[1] |
| Market cap | ₩2,604 trillion KRW ($2.3 trillion USD)[2] |
| Indices | KOSPI KOSDAQ KRX 100 |
| Website | www global |
| Korea Exchange | |
| Hangul | 한국거래소 |
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| Hanja | 韓國去來所 |
| Revised Romanization | Hanguk Georaeso |
| McCune–Reischauer | Hanguk Kŏraeso |
Korea Exchange (KRX, Korean: 한국거래소) 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.
History
[edit]The Korea Exchange was created through the integration of Korea Stock Exchange (KSE), 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 Dec 2020, Korea Exchange had 2,409 listed companies with a combined market capitalization of ₩2.3 quadrillion KRW (US$2.1 trillion). The exchange has normal trading sessions from 09:00 am to 03:30 pm on all days of the week except Saturdays, Sundays and holidays declared by the Exchange in advance.[3]
On 22 May 2015, the Korea Exchange joined the United Nations Sustainable Stock Exchanges initiative in an event with the UN-SG Ban Ki-moon in attendance, as well as senior officials from UN Global Compact and UNCTAD.[4]
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, 10-Year KTB Futures
- Foreign Exchange Instruments: USD Futures, JPY Futures, EUR Futures, USD Options
- Commodity Instruments: Gold Futures, Mini-gold Futures, Lean Hog Futures
Trading hours
[edit]| Session | Trading Hours | Quotation Receiving Hours | |
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| Regular Session | 09:00 ∼ 15:30 | 08:30 ∼ 15:30 | |
| Off-hours Session | Pre-hours | 08:00 ∼ 09:00 | 08:00 ∼ 09:00 |
| Off-hours Session | Post-hours | 15:40 ∼ 18:00 | 15:30 ∼ 18:00 |
Quotations are quotes submitted by the Members on behalf of their customers and are submitted to the Exchange only during Quotation Receiving Hours.
Trading days in KRX KOSPI markets are from Monday through Friday and no trading or settlement is made on the following days:[5]
- Holidays according to government regulations (which includes Sundays, National Election days, etc)
- Labor Day (May 1st)
- Saturdays
- December 31st when it's a holiday or a Saturday, otherwise the previous business day closest to December 31st
- Certain days deemed necessary by the KRX due to market conditions.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ ""Global KRX About KRX KRX Overview History"". Archived from the original on 28 April 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
- ^ ""시가총액"". Archived from the original on 11 January 2023. Retrieved 10 Feb 2021.
- ^ Market Hours, Korea Exchange via Wikinvest
- ^ "UN Secretary-General Joins Business Leaders in Seoul, Calls for Urgent Action on Poverty, Climate Change and Conflict". UN Global Compact. Archived from the original on 2023-01-11. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
- ^ "Global KRX | Regulation | Stocks | KOSPI Market | Trading".
External links
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