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KRX To Open At 10:00AM On Nov 23, The Date Of Korea Scholastic Aptitude Test

Date 22/11/2005

On Wednesday, November 23, the date of the Korea Scholastic Aptitude Test (KSTA), the KRX will open exceptionally at 10:00AM, instead of 9:00AM, its normal opening hour.

In the securities markets(KRX stock and KOSDAQ markets), trading in the regular and after-hours markets will begin and end one hour later than usual. However, the closing hour for after-hours block trades and call auctions will be unchanged, ending at 18:00PM.

In the futures market, the opening hour will be moved ahead by one hour. For US dollar futures and options and gold futures, trading will close at 3:00PM as usual, at the closing of the local forex market. For all other product categories, trading will end one hour later, at the same time as the closing of the spot market.