KRX: Analysis Of Turnover Ratio Of Listed Shares In KOSPI And KOSDAQ Markets In 2014

The Korea Exchange (KRX) announced the result of the analysis of turnover ratio of listed shares in the KOSPI and KOSDAQ markets in 2014. The analysis using the following calculation formula was carried out by comparing the turnover ratios between 2013 and 2014. The turnover ratio of listed shares in 2014 was 198.38% in the KOSPI market and 390.51% in the KOSDAQ market. Due to an overall decrease in trading volume, the turnover ratios in both markets declined 37.76%p and 72.71%p, respectively. However, the downtrend was lessened compared to year 2012 and 2013 (- 106.21% in KOSPI and – 220.17% in KOSDAQ). The ratio means that one (1) share was traded an average of two times in the KOSPI market and an average of 3.9 times in the KOSDAQ market. The number of listed stocks with the turnover ratio of 500% or higher is 59 in the KOSPI and 215 in the KOSDAQ, which indicates a decrement of 9 and 29 stocks respectively compared to last year. The number of listed stocks with the turnover ratio of less than 100% is 381 in the KOSPI and 230 in KOSDAQ, which indicates an increment of 1 stock and 38 stocks. High rankers include Keystone Global (3,364.86%) and Shin Woo (3,036.49%) in the KOSPI, and Paru (3863.76%) and Cheil Bio (3,746.07%) in the KOSDAQ. * Please see the attachment for more information on the turnover ratio in the KRX markets.
File	20150120 Analysis of Turnover Ratio of Listed Stocks in KOSPI and KOSDAQ.pdf