South Korea Main Stock Exchange Launches After-Hours Trading
By Kwanwoo Jun
South Korea's main stock exchange is extending its trading hours with the launch of an after-hours session, a step toward its goal of offering around-the-clock trading.
Starting Monday, investors will be able to trade for four additional hours, until 8 p.m. local time, following the regular session from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., the Korea Exchange said.
Most stocks listed on the main Kospi and second-tier Kosdaq markets will be available for extended trading. However, exchange-traded funds and notes as well as certain stocks under special supervision will be excluded, the bourse said.
The longer trading hours are aimed at expanding investment opportunities and making the local exchange more competitive with major global peers, including the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq, which plan to expand their trading schedules to 23 hours a day, it said.
The Korea Exchange plans to gradually extend trading hours further while closely monitoring developments at other global stock exchanges.
After-hours trading isn't entirely new in Korea. Nextrade, a licensed alternative trading system also known as NXT, already offers premarket and after-hours trading for a limited number of local stocks.
Write to Kwanwoo Jun at kwanwoo.jun@wsj.com
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September 13, 2026 22:33 ET (02:33 GMT)
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