Due to Global Economic Slowdown... Decline in Stock Trading Volume and Value in Gwangju and Jeonnam

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Jin-hyung] Due to the global economic slowdown and other factors, the stock trading volume and trading value in the Gwangju and Jeonnam regions have significantly decreased compared to the previous month.

According to the stock trading trends announced by the Korea Exchange Gwangju Office on the 12th, the stock trading volume (KOSPI and KOSDAQ markets) for the month of September was 849.58 million shares, down 10.75% from the previous month.

The trading value sharply fell by 25.40% to 9.3911 trillion KRW.

The total market capitalization of regionally listed companies was 25.1449 trillion KRW, a decrease of 2.98%, with the KOSPI market down by 332.2 billion KRW (-1.51%) and the KOSDAQ market down by 440.2 billion KRW (-11.35%).

Among KOSPI stocks, DSR Steel (+39.3 billion KRW, +41.24%), Daeyu Atech (+53.6 billion KRW, +37.21%), and Daeyu Plus (+19.9 billion KRW, +11.91%) rose, while Dynamic Design (-9.4 billion KRW, -10.07%), Kumho Tire (-114.9 billion KRW, -6.77%), and Gwangju Shinsegae (-20.0 billion KRW, -6.02%) declined.

In the KOSDAQ market, Seoham Machinery Industry (+3.2 billion KRW, +4.23%) and Woori Son F&G (+4.8 billion KRW, +2.91%) increased, whereas Daehan Green Power (-110.1 billion KRW, -35.09%), PPI (-12.0 billion KRW, -23.24%), and Daeshin Information & Communication (-21.9 billion KRW, -23.17%) fell.

Overall, the trading volume share of regional investors was 1.93%, down 0.06 percentage points from the previous month, and the trading value share was 1.81%, down 0.19 percentage points.

A representative from the Korea Exchange Gwangju Office analyzed, "Due to concerns over the slowdown in the US economic recovery, the default crisis of China's Evergrande Group, the re-surge of US Treasury yields, and the federal government's debt ceiling being reached, volatility increased, resulting in a downward trend."

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