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Stocks & Bonds

September 11, 2024
Foreign investors dump Seoul shares

Foreign investors are on a massive selling spree of South Korean stocks, dumping shares worth over 3 trillion won ($2.25 billion) on the benchmark Kospi this month, fueled by concerns that the US could be heading toward a recession. Overseas investors sold off shares worth 3.11 trillion won on the...
September 09, 2024
Korea’s hostility to short selling may scare global investors away

While South Korean regulators maintain a wary eye against short selling, the prolonged ban and imposing stricter guidelines on the practice could drive foreign investors away from the local equity market, experts said. Following heavy market fluctuations, local regulators enforced a complete ban o...
September 05, 2024
Banks, blue-chips tipped for Value-up Index

With South Korea's sole bourse operator set to introduce this month a stock index comprised of Korean companies well complying with the government-led corporate value-up program, the market expects bank shares and large-cap stocks to make the list. As part of the value-up program announced earlier...
August 30, 2024
HDC stocks rally on credit rating upgrade, upbeat earnings

South Korean real estate developer and builder Hyundai Development Company said Friday that it has seen an almost 90 percent surge in its share prices on upbeat earnings and positive credit ratings this year. As of Aug. 26, the stock price closed at 26,700 won ($20), an 87.9 percent growth from th...
August 26, 2024
Kioxia's IPO expected to bring windfall for SK hynix: analysts

Japan’s Kioxia Holdings, the world’s third-largest NAND flash memory company, applied to list on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Friday, making it the largest stock debut since SoftBank in 2018. Now keen attention is being paid to SK hynix, the world's No. 2 maker of memory chips, which has invested...
August 25, 2024
Korea's 'value-up' efforts stall on 0.7% corporate participation

Nearly three months after the government launched the "Corporate Value-up Program" in May, participation by South Korean companies remains minimal. As of Friday, just eight companies had released value enhancement disclosures, representing a mere 0.3 percent of the 2,585 firms listed on the Kospi ...
August 16, 2024
Korean brokerages to halt daytime trading of US stocks

Local securities firms that offer daytime trading of US stocks for South Korean investors are to tentatively suspend the service, following the order cancellation fiasco that happened earlier this month. A total of 19 brokerage houses, affected by the canceAllation of orders by the US overnight tr...
August 14, 2024
[Hello India] Korean investors flock to India's booming stock market

More South Korean investors are eyeing lucrative opportunities in the booming Indian market with its equity funds yielding more returns than those comprised of US and Japanese stocks. In June, India’s total stock market value reached the $5 trillion milestone, making it one of the world’s bigges...
August 06, 2024
Seoul shares remain volatile after market meltdown

The South Korean stock market partially rebounded Tuesday from the previous day's massive rout, as bargain-hunting investors sought to profit. The benchmark Kospi stood at 2,531.91, up 90.36 points, or 3.7 percent, as of 2:30 p.m. It opened at 2,533.34, showing limited recovery, but fluctuated thr...
August 06, 2024
Korean shares tank as global rout continues

South Korean shares dived more than 8 percent on Monday, triggering the stock exchange to temporarily halt the main Kospi and secondary Kosdaq markets, as investors were gripped by fear that the US economy may head toward a recession. A record 190 trillion won ($139 billion) was wiped off the Kosp...
July 02, 2024
Hana Bank’s extended forex trading kicks off on smooth run

Hana Bank’s foreign exchange trading room in Seoul, the largest in South Korea, completed its first extended trading session on Tuesday. Starting Monday, Korea extended its foreign currency trading hours, pushing the closing time from 3:30 p.m. to 2 a.m. the following day. This move is part of Ko...
June 30, 2024
Foreign buying of Korean shares soars to new record in H1

Foreign investors’ net purchases on the South Korean stock market during the first six months of this year surged to an all-time high of over 23 trillion won ($16.6 billion), according to the nation's sole bourse operator, the Korea Exchange, on Sunday. Overseas investors amassed a total of 23.28...
June 24, 2024
[Herald Interview] Property management to take new turn in Korea: C&W executive

Cushman & Wakefield Korea, the local arm of the global commercial real estate services firm, aims to enhance its provision for corporate clients, launching its integrated facilities management service in July here. “The service, offered to offices, buildings, and other corporate real estate prope...
June 24, 2024
Mirae Asset to launch new covered call ETF for retirees

Mirae Asset Global Investments, Korea’s leading asset management firm, will launch a new covered call exchange-traded fund that generates monthly income to target investors who are preparing for post-retirement life. The asset manager is to list Tiger US Nasdaq100+ 15 Premium Daily Option ETF on ...
April 11, 2024
Yoon's plans to boost stock market likely to fizzle

With the liberal opposition clinching a landslide victory in Wednesday's general election, expectations over President Yoon Suk Yeol’s economic policies that favor stock market investment falter. Yoon’s People Power Party faced a major defeat in the parliamentary elections, as the main oppositio...

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