SEOUL, April 29 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s financial regulator is set to partially lift its ban on short selling of listed stocks starting next week, about 14 months after it imposed it to cope with a stock market rout triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic. Although retail investors have urged financial authorities to prohibit the [...]
SEOUL, March 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of stock investors jumped nearly 49 percent in 2020 from a year earlier amid a bullish market run, industry data showed Tuesday. A total of 9.19 million investors held shares in 2,352 companies listed on the country’s main and secondary bourses, up 48.5 percent from a year [...]
SEOUL, March 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of South Koreans in their 30s who opt to directly invest in stocks rather than other types of financial assets is increasing at a rapid pace. Rep. Yoo Gyeong-joon of the main opposition People Power Party recently analyzed investment data from Statistics Korea. The analysis showed that [...]
PHOENIX, March 1 (Korea Bizwire) — WillScot Mobile Mini Holdings Corp. (“WillScot Mobile Mini” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: WSC), a North American leader in modular space and portable storage solutions, today announced the pricing of an upsized underwritten, secondary offering (the “Offering”) of 12,750,000 shares (the “Shares”) of its common stock, par value $0.0001 per share [...]
PHOENIX, March 1 (Korea Bizwire) — WillScot Mobile Mini Holdings Corp. (“WillScot Mobile Mini” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: WSC), a North American leader in modular space and portable storage solutions, today announced the launch of an underwritten, secondary offering (the “Offering”) of 10,750,000 shares (the “Shares”) of its common stock, par value $0.0001 per share [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Foreign investors raked in bio and chemical shares while dumping chip and auto stocks during the past two weeks of adjustment, putting the key stock index in a tight band. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) has been in a lengthy adjustment period since Jan. 26, after [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean retail investors have bet big on global tech giant Samsung Electronics this year, but their investments have failed to pay off due to a recent pullback in its share price, data showed Monday. Local individual investors have purchased a net 13.4 trillion won (US$11.9 billion) worth of [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean retail investors snapped up a net 25.8 trillion won (US$23 billion) worth of local stocks in January alone, data showed Sunday, in the latest sign of their relentless buying spree. Individual investors bought a net 22.3 trillion won worth of stocks in the main market and a [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean retail investors have loaded up on shares in top-cap Samsung Electronics Co. this year, reaping a huge return on their investments, data showed Monday. Local individual investors had bought a net 14.7 trillion won (US$13.3 billion) worth of common and preferred shares in the global tech giant [...]
MONTREAL, Sept. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – Komet Resources Inc. (“Komet” or the “Corporation”) (TSX-V : KMT) is pleased to announce that it has granted options (“Options”) under the Corporation’s Stock Option Plan. A total of 2,400,000 Options to purchase common share of the Corporation (“Common Shares”) were granted to directors and members of senior management of the Corporation at an [...]