Korea Exchange
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| Location | Busan & Seoul, South Korea |
| Coordinates | 35°08′12″N 129°03′53″E / 35.136721°N 129.064746°E (Busan) |
| Founded | 27 January 2005 |
| Key people | Choi Kyung-Soo (CEO / Chairman) |
| Currency | South Korean won |
| No. of listings | 2030 (as of January 2015) |
| Indices |
KOSPI KOSDAQ KRX 100 |
| Website |
www eng |
| Korea Exchange | |
| Hangul | 한국거래소 |
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| Hanja | 韓國去來所 |
| Revised Romanization | Hanguk Georaeso |
| McCune–Reischauer | Hanguk Kŏraeso |
Korea Exchange (KRX) is the sole securities exchange operator in South Korea. It is headquartered in Busan, and has an office for cash markets and market oversight in Seoul.
The Korea Exchange was created through the integration of Korea Stock Exchange, Korea Futures Exchange and KOSDAQ Stock Market under the Korea Stock & Futures Exchange Act. The securities and derivatives markets of former exchanges are now business divisions of Korea Exchange: the Stock Market Division, KOSDAQ Market Division and Derivatives Market Division. As of January 2015, Korea Exchange had 2,030 listed companies with a combined market capitalization of $1.2 trillion.Sustainable Stock Exchanges The exchange has normal trading sessions from 09:00 am to 03:15 pm on all days of the week except Saturdays, Sundays and holidays declared by the Exchange in advance.
On 22 May 2015, The Korea Exchange joined the in an event with the UN-SG Ban Ki-moon in attendance, as well as senior officials from UN Global Compact and UNCTAD.
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