Trading Holidays Of KRX Markets In Year 2011

Under the relevant regulations on trading holidaysⁱ, KRX Markets (hereinafter including KOSPI Market, KOSDAQ Market and Derivatives Market) will be closed on following days in year 2011:

Every Saturdays and Sundays,
Feb. 2(Wed)~4(Fri) : Lunar calendar new year's day
Mar. 1 (Tue) : Anniversary of the March 1st Independence Movement
May 5 (Thu) : Children's day
May 10(Tue) : Buddah's birthday
Jun. 6(Mon) : Memorial day
Aug. 15(Mon) : Independence day
Sep. 12(Mon)~13(Tue) : Chusok (thanksgiving) holidays
Oct. 3(Mon) : National Foundation day
Dec. 30(Fri) : market closed for the last day of the year
Lean-hog Futures will have additional market-closed days depending on the business days of domestic spot markets.
CME-Linked KOSPI 200 Futures Global market and EUREX-Linked KOSPI 200 Options market (which are open during non-trading hours of KRX) may also have varying holidays depending on the business days of the corresponding Exchanges.

In addition, please note that market shall be closed when the Exchange deems necessary to close the market due to a sudden change in economic conditions or is expected to occur.

ⁱArticle 5 of the KOSPI Market Business Regulation, Article 5 of the KOSDAQ Market Business Regulation, Article 5 of the Derivatives Market Business Regulation