Korea Exchange Equity-Linked Warrant Market Rises To The 5th Largest In Two Months After Launch

The equity-linked warrant(ELW) market posted 54.3 billion won in average daily trading amount in January 2006, ranking among the world's top five in terms of trading value only two months after its opening.

If the trend continues, it is expected to become the forth biggest market with more than 100 billion won in trading value within this year, and the third largest with over 200 billion won within the next two years.

(Trading Data)

- Trading value doubled

• Average daily trading value (January 2006) : 54.3 billion won(Total trading value: 1,141.0 billion won)
• Average daily trading value (December 2005) : 20.9 billion won(Total trading value: 440.5 billion won)

- The number of listed products increased four-fold

• No. of listed products(as of February 2006) : 137
• No. of listed products at the opening(December 1, 2005) : 34