SEOUL, Feb. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Amid fanfare over a stock bull run, South Korea’s financial regulator is in a tight spot over whether to allow short selling as scheduled in March as more retail investors have demanded an outright ban on the trading tactics for a level playing field with institutional investors. With the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — It will be another busy year for initial public offerings in South Korea as a slew of companies are rushing to debut on the local stock market amid a stock rally and strong appetite from retail investors, analysts said Tuesday. Companies ranging from bio, battery makers, fintech to games [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean retail investors’ holdings of shares in electric vehicle leader Tesla Motors Inc. soared nearly 32 percent this year to cross the US$10 billion mark, data showed Monday. Local individual investors owned $10.33 billion worth of Tesla shares as of Friday, up 31.9 percent from the end of [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — With stock prices continue to break record highs in the New Year, many salary workers, homemakers and students who have shunned investments in stocks are experiencing a great sense of alienation. “These days, the main topic of conversation among my friends is how much they have made investing in [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — As more individual investors are jumping into the investment game this year, the coronavirus pandemic is changing the landscape of how they carry out investment. While it was a common practice among retail investors to sell exchange traded funds (ETFs) while betting on how the index will turn out [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s benchmark stock index skyrocketed over 30 percent this year from a year ago, buoyed by strong buying of individual investors and expectations of a speedy recovery from the pandemic next year, the bourse operator said Wednesday. In the final trading session of 2020 on Wednesday, the benchmark [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean brokerage houses predicted the local stock market would continue its uptick move in 2021, citing signs of a global economic recovery and growing investor appetite for higher returns, data showed Sunday. Multiple securities companies set their upper-end target band for the benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean brokerage houses expect the local stock market to continue its upturn to reach a new zenith in 2021 on expectations for an economic recovery, sources said Monday. Thirteen securities companies have forecast the upper-end target band for the benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) to range [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Shares of solar and wind power companies in South Korea have more than doubled thus far this year, the local bourse operator said. The Korea Exchange announced that on the basis of closing prices on Sept. 29, the share prices of the 11 companies recommended by more than three securities [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s key stock index has posted the second-highest profit rate among its Group of 20 peers since this year’s bottom, helped by robust buying by individuals, the bourse operator said Sunday. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) closed at 2,396.69 points Friday, soaring 64.42 percent from [...]