Korea Exchange
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| Type | Stock exchange |
| Location | Busan & Seoul, South Korea |
| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. (Busan) |
| Founded | 27 January 2005 |
| Key people | Choi Kyung-Soo (CEO / Chairman) |
| Currency | South Korean won |
| No. of listings | 1815 (as of January 2014)[1] |
| Indices | KOSPI KOSDAQ KRX 100 |
| Website | www eng |
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| Hangul | 한국거래소 |
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| Hanja | 韓國去來所 |
| Revised Romanization | Hanguk Georaeso |
| McCune–Reischauer | Hanguk Kŏraeso |
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.
History
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 January 2015, Korea Exchange had 2,030 listed companies with a combined market capitalization of $1.2 trillion.Sustainable Stock Exchanges 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]
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.[3]
Traded Instruments
- 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
See also
References
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- ↑ Market Hours, Korea Exchange via Wikinvest
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External links
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