Korea Exchange

Type	Stock exchange
Founded	1953
Headquarters	Busan, South Korea
Website	www.krx.co.kr

Korea Exchange
Hangul	한국거래소
Hanja	韓國去來所
Revised Romanization	Hanguk Georaeso
McCune–Reischauer	Hanguk Kŏraeso

Korea Exchange (KRX) was created through the integration of the three existing Korean spot & futures exchanges (Korea Stock Exchange, Korea Futures Exchange and KOSDAQ) under the Korea Stock & Futures Exchange Act.The securities and futures markets of former exchanges are now operated as the business divisions of the KRX: the Stock Market Division, KOSDAQ Market Division and Derivatives Market Division. As of 31 December 2007, the Korea Exchange had 1,757 listed companies with a combined market capitalization of $1.1 trillion.^[1] The exchange has normal trading sessions from 09:00am to 03:00pm on all days of the week except Saturdays, Sundays and holidays declared by the Exchange in advance.^[2]

[edit] Traded Instruments

Stock Market Division (former Korea Stock Exchange)

• Stocks
• Bonds
• Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)
• Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)

KOSDAQ Market Division (former KOSDAQ Stock Market, Inc.)

• Stocks

Derivatives Market Division (former Korea Futures Exchange)

• Index Instruments: KOSPI 200 Index Futures, KOSTAR Futures, KOSPI 200 Options
• Single Stock Futures on 15 underlying stocks
• Equity Options on 30 alternative underlying stocks
• Interest Rate Instruments: 3-Years KTB Futures, 5-Years KTB Futures, 3-Years KTB Futures Options, MSB Futures
• Foreign Exchange(FX) Instruments: USD/KRW Futures, JPY/KRW Futures, EUR/KRW Futures, USD/KRW Options
• Commodity Instruments: Gold Futures, Lean Hog Futures

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Korea Exchange Website

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