This year, the domestic stock market will close on the 30th.On the 17th, the Korea Exchange announce..

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This year, the domestic stock market will close on the 30th.

On the 17th, the Korea Exchange announced on the 17th that it will designate the 31st of this month as an end-of-year holiday and operate the securities and derivatives market until the 30th.

The 31st is also excluded from the payment date. However, the liquidation of over-the-counter derivatives Central Clean Air (CCP) and the reporting of transaction information storage (TR) will operate normally without closing days at the end of the year.

This year’s dividend date for corporations that set the end of December as the base date for dividends in settlement is the 27th. Investors can receive dividends from December settlement corporations if they buy stocks by the 26th.

On January 2, the first trading day of next year, the opening hours of the regular markets of securities, KOSDAQ, and KONEX will be changed to 10 a.m., an hour later than before, depending on the opening ceremony of the stock market. The closing time of the market is 3:30 p.m. as usual. The after-hours market before the start of the market is also delayed by one hour, but after the end of the market, the after-hours market is the same as usual.

In the derivatives market, futures and options related to indices and government bonds start at 9:45 a.m. or 10 a.m., depending on the product, and flex consultation transactions start at 10:10 a.m., and the end time is the same as the current one.

Pork futures trading and over-the-counter derivatives CCP liquidation will be held at the same time as before.

In the general commodity market, only the gold market and the KSM (KRX Startup Market) open at 10 a.m., and the operating hours of the oil and emission markets are the same as usual.