Extra Time: South Korea Tests Global Investor Appetite with Longer Trading Hours
The move will test whether thinner evening liquidity can still attract foreign funds and support trading in about 2,400 Kospi and Kosdaq stocks.
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The Korea Exchange will open an “aftermarket” where stocks can be bought and sold in real time from the 14th until 8 p.m., even after the closing of the regular market. After the opening of the alternative exchange Next Trade (NXT) in March of last year, the exchange directly entered the night trading market, which was led alone. According to the financial investment industry and others on the 13th, the exchange aftermarket operated for 4 hours …
Starting on the 14th, the Korea Exchange will launch an after-market operating from 4 PM to 8 PM. Unlike the after-market of Nextrade, an alternative exchange where trading was limited to a restricted number of stocks, the Korea Exchange will allow trading for approximately 2,000 stocks. With multiple after-markets operating simultaneously, "stock trading on the way home from work" is expected to become even more
According to ChainCatcher, South Korea's major stock exchanges will pilot evening trading next Monday, extending trading hours for almost all local stocks to 8 p.m., up from the previous regular closing time of 3:30 p.m. This adjustment is the first of its kind among major Asian exchanges and represents a step towards the Korean Stock Exchange's goal of achieving 24-hour trading by December 2027. The new trading session will test whether the mar…
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