Korea Exchange

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Korea Exchange
Type Stock exchange
Founded 1953
Headquarters Busan, South Korea
Website www.krx.co.kr
Korea Exchange
Hangul 한국증권선물거래소
Hanja 韓國證券先物去來所
Revised Romanization Hanguk Jeunggwon Seonmul Georaeso
McCune-Reischauer Hanguk Chŭngkwŏn Sŏnmul 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 (KSE), KOSDAQ Market Division and Futures Market Division. At the end of 2005, it was ranked 15th in terms of market capitalization and 9th in terms of trading value among the member exchanges of the World Exchange Federation.

KRX is the largest derivatives exchange in the world (by transactional volume).

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Korea Stock Exchange
  • Stocks
  • Bonds
  • Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)
  • Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)
KOSDAQ
  • Stocks
KOFEX
  • Index Instruments: KOSPI 200 Index Futures, KOSTAR Futures, KOSPI 200 Options
  • Equity Options on 30 alternative underlying stocks
  • Interest Rate Instruments: 3-Years KTB Futures, 5-Years KTB Futures, 3-Years KTB Futures Options, CD Interest Rate Futures, MSB Futures
  • Foreign Exchange(FX) Instruments: USD/KRW Futures, JPY/KRW Futures, EUR/KRW Futures, USD/KRW Options
  • Commodity Instruments: Gold Futures

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