Currently, the derivatives market opens at the same time as the stock market, which increases the volatility in the first 15 minutes of trading each day.
June 9, 2023Investors will gain the ability to trade KOSPI 200 options with weekly expiries outside Korean trading hours, providing greater flexibility and risk management precision.
November 17, 2021The listing of USD/KRW Futures on the KRX-Eurex link will allow for continuous trading during Asian, European and North American market hours.
July 13, 2021Eurex already lists KOSPI 200 Options and Mini-KOSPI 200 Futures. The addition of KOSPI 200 Futures will offer trading, hedging and margin efficiencies.
March 16, 2021By May, new rules will be in place to guard against illegal short selling, prevent abuse by market makers, and increase retail investor access to short-selling opportunities.
February 4, 2021Institutional investors who mirror the KOSPI 200 index may need to offload an estimated 500-800bn won worth of Samsung Electronics shares to rebalance their portfolios.
January 27, 2020The sale of highly complex derivative products will still be banned, but banks will be allowed to sell equity-linked trusts linked to the KOSPI 200, S&P 500, Euro Stoxx 50, HSCEI or Nikkei 225.
December 16, 2019Korea Exchange members can now directly market options on local indexes and 31 individual stocks to US institutional investors.
September 21, 2018