Kiwoom Securities' Support Advertisement for 'Seohak Gaemi' at Nasdaq Tower in the USA

[Asia Economy Reporter Ji-hwan Park] Kiwoom Securities announced on the 1st that on the 29th (local time), it displayed an advertisement with a message supporting "Seohak Gaemi" at the Nasdaq Tower in Times Square, New York, USA.

The advertisement message displayed "16 years (2005~2020) consecutive No.1 market share in the Korean stock market (source: KRX)" in English, and the support message for "Seohak Gaemi," "For US stocks, Kiwoom Securities supports Seohak Gaemi," was written in Korean.

A Kiwoom Securities official explained, "The support message written in Korean was included in the advertisement as the number of individual investors investing in overseas stocks has recently increased."

Kiwoom Securities' overseas stock contract amount in the first quarter of this year was about 45 trillion KRW, an increase of approximately 826% compared to the same period last year. In particular, in February, the monthly contract amount recorded about 16.8 trillion KRW, setting a new record.

To meet the greatly increased customer demand, Kiwoom Securities will advance the US stock pre-market time to 5 PM starting today. This is one hour earlier than before, allowing pre-market trading 5 hours and 30 minutes ahead of the regular trading start time.

Kiwoom Securities is the first in the industry to provide free analyst reports (Korean translations) from Morningstar, a US specialized research company. In addition, various events are being offered, including free real-time US stock quotes, a 0.1% commission on overseas stocks, and up to 95% preferential exchange rates.

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