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Securities exchange operator in South Korea From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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| 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 (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 |
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]
| 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]
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