SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of retail investors accessing mobile trading systems (MTS), or smartphone trading, is rapidly rising amid sharp fluctuations in the share prices of secondary battery materials producers. According to industry sources, the daily active users (DAU) for five major brokerages — Mirae Asset Securities Co., Samsung Securities Co., [...]
SEOUL, May 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Foreign purchases of South Korean tech and auto stocks have reached over 16 trillion won (US$12 billion) so far this year, according to the Korea Exchange on Monday. Foreigners bought 16.45 trillion won worth of Samsung Electronics Co., Hyundai Motor Co. and other related stocks this year through May [...]
SEOUL, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Foreign investors bought a net 5.96 trillion won (US$4.5 billion) worth of South Korean stocks and bonds in April, logging the biggest monthly purchase in 16 months, the country’s financial regulator said Tuesday. Foreigners bought a net 1.27 trillion won worth of listed stocks, turning to net buyers from [...]
SEOUL, April 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Foreign investors turned net sellers of South Korean stocks in March amid the collapses of Silicon Valley Bank in the United States and the global bank Credit Suisse, central bank data showed Monday. Offshore investors sold a net US$1.73 billion worth of local stocks last month, a turnaround from [...]
SEOUL, April 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Retail investors from South Korea, who tend to seek high returns by tolerating high volatility, have sold off shares of NASDAQ-listed tech companies, data showed Sunday. Domestic investors purchased smartphone behemoth Apple Inc.’s shares worth US$582.1 million during the period from January 1 to April 7, according to data [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Foreign investors remained net buyers of South Korean stocks for the second straight month in November amid expectations the U.S. Federal Reserve will slow the pace of rate increases and China could ease strict coronavirus restrictions, central bank data showed Friday. Foreigners’ stock investment funds logged a net inflow [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Foreign investors turned net buyers of South Korean stocks in October despite continued global monetary tightening as they picked up oversold shares, central bank data showed Wednesday. Foreigners’ stock investment funds logged a net inflow of US$2.49 billion in October, swinging from the previous month’s net outflow of $1.65 [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The amount of tax collected from stock transactions halved on-year in August, data showed Thursday, as the bearish market weighed down retail investors’ appetite for local shares. The combined amount of stock transaction tax collected in August came to 528.5 billion won (US$368 million), down from 1.01 trillion won [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Foreign investors turned net sellers of South Korean stocks in September on concerns over aggressive monetary tightening in major economies, central bank data showed Thursday. Foreigners’ stock investment funds logged a net outflow of US$1.65 billion in September, compared with a $3.02 billion net inflow the previous month, according [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Foreign investors became net buyers of South Korean stocks for the first time in six months in July on expectations that the Federal Reserve may slow the pace of monetary tightening, central bank data showed Thursday. Foreigners’ stock investment funds recorded a net inflow of US$160 million in July, [...]