SEOUL, Aug. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — A new report has revealed that American and British investors are the biggest traders of South Korean stocks, accounting for over 50 percent of all foreign stock buyers. Data released by the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) on Tuesday showed stocks traded in the South Korean market by foreign investors [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea ranked second among emerging economies in the amount of stocks purchased by foreign investors during the first six months this year, market data showed Tuesday. Foreigners net bought US$9 billion worth of South Korean stocks during the January-June period, the second largest only after Taiwan’s $9.4 billion, [...]
SEOUL, May 6 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s steelmaking giant POSCO was the most popular option in the stock markets in the second quarter for foreign investors, market data showed Friday, amid improving sentiments helped by its better-than-expected earnings. According to the data by the Korean Exchange and others, foreign investors bought a net 328.4 [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Foreign investors have been in a selling binge of local stocks as they reduced risky bets ahead of a looming U.S. rate hike, market watchers said Thursday. Offshore investors offloaded 243 billion won(US$207 million) worth of shares traded on the main KOSPI market on Wednesday, extending their selling spree [...]