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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″N129°03′53″E / 35.136721°N 129.064746°E /35.136721; 129.064746 (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 global |
| Korea Exchange | |
| Hangul | 한국거래소 |
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| Hanja | 韓國去來所 |
| Revised Romanization | Hanguk Georaeso |
| McCune–Reischauer | Hanguk Kŏraeso |
Korea Exchange (KRX,Korean:한국거래소) is the sole securities exchange operator inSouth Korea. It is headquartered inBusan, and has an office for cash markets and market oversight inSeoul.
The Korea Exchange was created through the integration of Korea Stock Exchange (KSE), Korea Futures Exchange andKOSDAQ 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 theUnited Nations Sustainable Stock Exchanges initiative in an event with theUN-SG Ban Ki-moon in attendance, as well as senior officials fromUN Global Compact andUNCTAD.[4]
On 10 April 2025, theKOSPI andKOSDAQ soared when PresidentDonald Trump announced that he would suspend the mutual tariffs. In response, the Korea Exchange triggered a buy sidecar for theKOSPI market at 09:06 a.m. for the first time in eight months.[5]
In April 2025, the Korea Exchange signed a contract with theThai 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 SoutheastAsia.[6]
| 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:[7]
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