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October 06, 2024
Market uncertain on Korea's October rate cut despite slowed inflation

Despite clear signs of slowing inflation, market sentiment remains mixed regarding whether South Korea's central bank will follow the US Federal Reserve to pivot toward lowering rates this month. Statistics Korea reported that the consumer price index — a key measure of inflation — rose 1.6 perc...
October 04, 2024
Main opposition leadership to decide on postponement of financial income tax

In recent years, both sides of the political spectrum have voiced the need to repeal the stock transactions tax as it could help boost the domestic equity markets. Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok recently said during a debate hosted by the Kwanhun Club, an association of senior journalists that the...
October 04, 2024
Kospi slump hits retail investors hard in Q3, but foreign investors gain

Local retail investors experienced significant losses from Korean shares in the third quarter while foreign investors fared relatively well amid the Kospi’s bearish trend in the period, market data showed on Thursday. According to the Korea Exchange, the most purchased stock by South Korean retai...
September 25, 2024
Value-up Index stirs mixed market reactions

The Korean equity market reacted to the launch of an index developed to address domestic companies' undervaluation with investors showing a preference for stocks included in the new index. Following the Korea Exchange’s unveiling of the Value-up Index, comprised 100 Korean stocks with stellar cor...
September 24, 2024
Hyundai Motor, Mirae Asset to list on value-up index

Global investment bank Morgan Stanley has come under the scrutiny of local authorities, following the suspicious execution of a sell order on SK hynix shares made before releasing a bearish report on the chip giant’s outlook. On Sept. 15, during the Chuseok holiday, Morgan Stanley’s Asia-Pacific...
September 23, 2024
Morgan Stanley faces scrutiny in Korea for suspected insider trading

Global investment bank Morgan Stanley has come under the scrutiny of local authorities, following the suspicious execution of a sell order on SK hynix shares made before releasing a bearish report on the chip giant’s outlook. On Sept. 15, during the Chuseok holiday, Morgan Stanley’s Asia-Pacific...
September 19, 2024
How to navigate September market volatility

The local stock market is likely to remain stuck on growth for the time being, reflecting the woes of the US economy, market analysts said. They also advised investors to build up a defensive portfolio to respond to high volatility. The local bourse has remained sluggish in recent days, coupled wi...
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...

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