Korea Exchange Plans to List Additional 39 Stock Futures and 6 Stock Options
On 12 September, the Korea Exchange announced that it plans to list additional 39 stock futures (27 KOSPI and 12 KOSDAQ) and 6 stock options on 4 November.
With these listings, the stock options will also be available for most of the top stocks in the stock market, including Samsung Biologics and Samsung Life Insurance.
Given that shorting of stocks is still essentially banned in Korea, the use of stock futures and options are likely to be increasingly used by investors to improve risk management.
