Korea Exchange: The Leading Industries Of KOSDAQ, Significantly Improved Their Performance In H1 FY 2015

The Korea Exchange (KRX) has analyzed the H1 FY2015 performance of top 30 corporations in terms of market capitalization and the key leading sectors of the KOSDAQ market. And KRX also predicted the earnings performance of the KOSDAQ market in the future based on the winning of contracts for sales and supply. The average sales revenue of top 30 corporations (in terms of market capitalization) of KOSDAQ listed companies in H1 FY2015 was KRW 228.2 billion. Operating profit and net profit of those corporations were KRW 29.4 billion and KRW 25.8 billion, respectively. This shows they continued a solid growth. The annual growth rate of sales revenue, operating profits and net profits were 10.0%, 21.1%, 36.3% respectively. In H1 FY2015, the total amount of sales/supply contracts won by KOSDAQ-listed corporations reached KRW 3.95 trillion, up 32.6% from the same period of last year (KRW 3.00 trillion). This increased amount of winning of contracts would lead to growth in sales. As such, the operating performance of KOSDAQ listed companies is expected to continue steady growth in H2 FY2015.
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