SEOUL, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean stocks ended slightly lower Tuesday as foreign investors and institutions offloaded large-cap stocks in an apparent move to lock in profits. The Korean won fell against the U.S. dollar. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) shed 9.29 points, or 0.39 percent, to 2,343.68. Bae Sung-young, [...]
SEOUL, May 29 (Korea Bizwire) – The size of funds that invest in real estate and nontraditional assets has topped the 100 trillion-won (US$89 billion) mark as investors poured money into alternative vehicles seeking stable returns, industry data showed Sunday. According to the data compiled by the Korea Financial Investment Association (KOFIA), real estate funds and special asset funds with exposure to commodities, weather, artworks [...]
SEOUL, May 28 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean companies’ earnings for the year are forecast to be higher than earlier expected on the back of improving conditions, industry data showed Sunday. According to the data compiled by industry tracker FnGuide, the combined earnings of listed firms here are estimated at 143.59 trillion won (US$128 billion) [...]
SEOUL, May 22 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean shares breached the 2,300-point mark for the first time ever as foreign investors scooped up major tech stocks amid sound corporate earnings, bucking overnight gains on Wall Street, analysts said. The Korean won sharply rose against the U.S. dollar. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – Private investors were the big losers in last year’s stock market, a contrast to institutional and foreign investors that ended the year on the plus side, financial industry data showed Monday. The top 20 most-purchased stocks by private investors in the main bourse KOSPI ended 33.07 percent down by [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean shares hit this year’s new high on Friday, led by the continued rally of the top cap Samsung Electronics. The local currency fell against the U.S. dollar. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) gained 0.77 point, or 0.04 percent, to 2,056.24. Samsung Electronics climbed 2.13 [...]
SEOUL, July 21 (Korea Bizwire) – Offshore investors have been on a buying streak for South Korean stocks, sending their market cap ratio in the main local bourse to a 14-month high, the Korea Exchange said Thursday, but analysts were divided on whether the rally will continue. Shares held by foreign investors as of Tuesday [...]
SEOUL, June 24 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea on Friday said it will use all means to stabilize the local financial market following the unexpected result of the historic British referendum to leave the European Union. As the world’s fifth-largest economy got ready to leave the 28-member economic bloc, South Korea’s financial market suffered a [...]
SEOUL, May 17 (Korea Bizwire) – Shares in Samsung C&T Corp. have been on a downward curve since September when a merger of two major Samsung Group affiliates generated the construction-to-fashion holding company for Samsung Group, analysts said Tuesday. They attributed the fall largely to the company’s drop in overseas orders and sluggish domestic demand for [...]
SEOUL, May 11 (Korea Bizwire) – A rising number of Korean companies are voluntarily delisting. The simple logic: there’s more harm than good for companies that remain public. According to the Korea Exchange (KRX), Kyungnam Energy will go through liquidation proceedings and be delisted on May 19. The company’s biggest shareholder, Kyungnam Tech, requested the voluntary [...]