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Korea Exchange (Kosdaq)

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Also known as KOSDAQ, XKOS, Korea Securities Dealers Automated Quotations

The Korea Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (KOSDAQ; ) is a trading board of Korea Exchange (KRX) in South Korea established in 1996. Initially set up by Korea Financial Investment Association as an independent stock market from the Korean Stock Exchange, it was benchmarked from the American counterpart, NASDAQ. KOSDAQ is an electronic stock market, just like NASDAQ. The open hours for the market are 09:00AM to 03:30PM KST.

Key facts

Korean name/auto.hangul
^코스닥

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
stock market
Headquarters
Seoul
Parent organization
Korean Stock Exchange
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Revised Romanization
Koseudak
McCune–Reischauer romanization
K'osŭdak
inception
1996-01-01
catalog code
KQ
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The Korea Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (KOSDAQ; ) is a trading board of Korea Exchange (KRX) in South Korea established in 1996. Initially set up by Korea Financial Investment Association as an independent stock market from the Korean Stock Exchange, it was benchmarked from the American counterpart, NASDAQ. KOSDAQ is an electronic stock market, just like NASDAQ. The open hours for the market are 09:00AM to 03:30PM KST.

It is now operated as SME Market Division of KRX. As of February 2021, 1476 companies are listed on KOSDAQ for trading.

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