Korea Exchange

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.

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Korea Exchange
한국거래소


Type	Stock exchange
Location	Busan & Seoul, South Korea
Coordinates	35°08′12″N 129°03′53″E (Busan)
Founded	1956; 69 years ago (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 KOSPI 200 KOSDAQ
Website	www.krx.co.kr global.krx.co.kr

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Korea Exchange
Hangul	한국거래소
Hanja	韓國去來所
Revised Romanization	Hanguk Georaeso
McCune–Reischauer	Hanguk Kŏraeso

History

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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 December 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]

On 10 April 2025, the KOSPI and KOSDAQ soared when President Donald Trump announced that he would suspend the mutual tariffs. In response, the Korea Exchange triggered a buy sidecar for the KOSPI market at 09:06 a.m. for the first time in eight months.^[5]

In April 2025, the Korea Exchange signed a contract with the Thai Stock Exchange to supply the system for liquidation and settlement. A source at the exchange said it expects the deal to further strengthen the position of the Korean stock market infrastructure in Southeast Asia.^[6]

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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

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Trading hours

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Session		Trading Hours	Quotation Receiving Hours
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:^[7]

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.

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Traded instruments

Trading hours

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External links

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