SEOUL, March 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean institutions’ investment in foreign securities touched a new all-time high in 2021 amid bullish overseas stock markets, central bank data showed Wednesday. The outstanding value of foreign securities held by local institutional investors stood at US$402.72 billion as of end-December last year, up $29.97 billion, or 8 [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean stocks are expected to face highly volatile sessions next week as investors will pay keen attention to situations in Ukraine and the U.S. Federal Reserve’s updated stance on its monetary policy, analysts said Saturday. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) closed at 2,676.76 on Friday, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean stock markets are expected to continue to face volatile sessions next week, largely on persistent uncertainties about the U.S.-Russian military standoff over Ukraine, analysts said Saturday. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) closed at 2,744.52 points Friday, little changed from 2,747.71 points a week ago. [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Asset management companies in South Korea have released a string of exchange traded funds (ETFs) with a focus on investment in global hydrogen companies. KB Asset Management Co., an asset management arm of KB Financial Group Inc., said Tuesday that it listed the KBSTAR Global Hydrogen Economy Indxx in [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Foreign investors turned net sellers of South Korean stocks in January, but their net investment in local bonds continued to expand, data showed Monday. Foreigners sold a net 1.68 trillion won (US$1.4 billion) worth of local stocks last month, compared with their net purchase of 4.36 trillion won in [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean stocks are likely to fluctuate in a broad range as investors digest the high-flying inflation rates in the United States, analysts said Saturday. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) closed at 2,747.71 points Friday, little changed from 2,750.26 points a week ago. The key stock [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Foreign investors continued to purchase more shares than they sold in South Korea’s stock markets for the third straight month in January, central bank data showed Thursday. Foreigners picked up a net US$1.81 billion worth of local stocks last month, according to the data provided by the Bank of [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The amount of money South Korean firms raised through initial public offerings (IPOs) more than quadrupled to hit a record high last year thanks to ample liquidity and the overall bullish stock market sentiment, data showed Monday. A total of 89 companies went public in 2021 by listing stocks [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean stocks are likely to take on an uptick momentum next week on a technical rebound from the recent stock plunge, analysts said Saturday. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) closed at 2,750.26 points Friday, up 3.26 percent from 2,663.34 points a week ago. The South [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The net asset value of stock funds in South Korea suffered a decline for the first time in four months in January, as the global stock market roiled amid major central banks’ move to tighten policies, data showed Wednesday. The asset value of publicly placed stock funds stood at [...]