KRX has announced that futures market trading via CME night session will be discontinued from 18th December 2020. USD/KRW and KOSPI200 Futures trading was possible even after the market hours through the overnight session via CME(Chicago Mercantile Exchange). However KOSPI200 Futures trading was already suspended since 7th April 2020 due to Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) taking up more than 30%..
KRX has announced on 3rd February 2021 that short selling of Korean stocks will be resumed from 3rd May 2021 but restricted to only KOSPI 200 and KOSDAQ 150 consisting stocks to minimize the market impact. Short sell has been banned on Korea market since September 2020 to prevent sudden volatility due to COVID-19 situation. This partial resuming will be only limited to KOSPI 200 and KOSDAQ 150 p..