KSD "Q1 Foreign Currency Securities Custody Amount $101.68 Billion... Largest Quarterly Record"

[Asia Economy Reporter Minji Lee] The Korea Securities Depository announced on the 21st that the custody amount of foreign currency securities held by domestic investors in the first quarter of this year reached $101.68 billion, and the settlement amount was $110.69 billion. The custody amount of foreign currency securities increased by 1.08% compared to the previous quarter, marking the highest quarterly record ever. The settlement amount of foreign currency securities decreased by 14.45% compared to the previous quarter.

By type, the custody amount of foreign currency stocks was $79.32 billion, up 1.81% from the end of last year ($77.91 billion), while foreign currency bonds decreased by 1.41% to $22.36 billion during the same period.

By market, the custody amount by overseas market showed that the United States accounted for the largest share at 69.22% of the total custody amount, and the top five markets accounted for 95.84% of the total custody amount. In the case of foreign currency stocks, the U.S. accounted for 87.43% of the total foreign currency stock custody size, which rose 2.32% from the previous quarter ($66.78 billion).

By item, the top foreign currency stock custody items were all U.S. stocks, consisting of Tesla, Apple, Nvidia, Alphabet A, and Microsoft in order. The custody amount of the top 10 U.S. stocks totaled $38 billion, accounting for 47.91% of the total foreign currency stock custody amount.

The settlement amount of foreign currency stocks was $93.6 billion, down 14.5% from the previous quarter ($109.47 billion). Foreign currency bonds were $17.1 billion, down 14.16%. By market, the U.S. accounted for the largest share at 82.95% of the total settlement amount. The top five markets accounted for 99.5% of the total settlement amount. In the case of foreign currency stocks, the U.S. accounted for 95.2% of the total foreign currency stock settlement size, decreasing 13.17% from the previous quarter.

By item, the top foreign currency stock settlement items were Tesla, ProShares UltraPro QQQ ETF, Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bull 3X Shares ETF, and Nvidia, with all top 10 items being U.S. stocks. In particular, Tesla, the top item in the previous quarter, had a settlement amount of $11.59 billion in the first quarter of this year, similar to the previous quarter.

The settlement amounts of the second and third items, ProShares UltraPro QQQ ETF and Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bull 3X Shares ETF, recorded $7.23 billion and $5.6 billion respectively, increasing by 69.7% and 94.44% compared to the previous quarter.

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