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Overseas Stock Dealings Dip in H1 on Weak Equity Markets

Overseas Stock Dealings Dip in H1 on Weak Equity Markets

SEOUL, July 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans’ transactions of foreign stocks fell sharply in the first half of the year from six months earlier on bearish overseas equity markets, with their bond trading edging up, data showed Monday. Local investors’ transactions of overseas shares were valued at US$167.99 billion in the January-June period, down [...]

Decimal Point Trading of Foreign Stocks Coming to All Korean Brokerages

Decimal Point Trading of Foreign Stocks Coming to All Korean Brokerages

SEOUL, Nov. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean stock investors will be allowed to trade foreign stocks in decimal points via the securities firms of their choice, starting from the end of this year at the earliest. The Korea Securities Depository (KSD) announced that it had completed the setup of a special infrastructure to enable [...]

Trading of Foreign Stocks in Decimal Points on the Rise

Trading of Foreign Stocks in Decimal Points on the Rise

SEOUL, Sept. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The volume of transactions processed through the decimal point trading service for foreign stocks has been on an upward trend since it was introduced three years ago. According to data that Rep. Youn Kwan-suk of the ruling Democratic Party received from the Financial Services Commission, the number of users [...]

Tesla, Apple Most Popular Foreign Stocks to Pass on to Children

Tesla, Apple Most Popular Foreign Stocks to Pass on to Children

SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean investors have picked Tesla and Apple as the most popular foreign stocks to pass on to their children. Major South Korean brokerage house Samsung Securities Co. held an online conference on Saturday through its official YouTube channel and carried out a survey with a group of local [...]

Investors Rush to Purchase Foreign Shares of U.S. Tech Giants

Investors Rush to Purchase Foreign Shares of U.S. Tech Giants

SEOUL, Feb. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The craze over purchasing foreign stocks continues among South Korean investors. A rush to buy shares in U.S. tech giants such as Apple Inc. and Tesla Motors Inc. led the craze over purchasing foreign stocks. The Korea Securities Depository reported the value of foreign stock transactions (both buy and [...]

Foreign Stock Transactions Continue to Increase in S. Korea

Foreign Stock Transactions Continue to Increase in S. Korea

SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — An increasing number of South Koreans are engaging in direct trading of foreign stocks, bolstered by the strengthening world stock market as well as deeper interest among the public. Brokerage firms, in response, are developing new strategies for foreign stocks to meet customer demand. Between December 2018 and January [...]