L&F and Hanmi Semiconductor Included in KOSPI 200... 6 Stocks Replaced

KOSDAQ150, 13 Stocks Replaced
KRX300, 21 Added · 18 Removed

In the KOSPI 200, Asiana Airlines and Shinpung Pharmaceutical are excluded, while Hanmi Semiconductor and L&F are included. In the KOSDAQ 150, 13 stocks are replaced, and in the KRX 300, 21 stocks are added and 18 stocks are removed.

Korea Exchange, Yeouido, Seoul. Photo by Jinhyung Kang aymsdream@

The Korea Exchange announced on the 24th that it held a regular review of the major representative index components at the Index Operation Committee meeting on the 23rd and decided accordingly. The index changes will be reflected starting from the 14th of next month.

In the KOSPI 200, six stocks will be replaced. The newly included stocks are Isu Specialty Chemical, SeAH Steel Holdings, L&F, Doosan Robotics, Hanmi Semiconductor, and Cosmo Advanced Materials. The excluded stocks are Ssangyong C&E, Shinpung Pharmaceutical, IS Dongseo, Asiana Airlines, DB HiTek, and Lotte Energy Materials.

After this regular change, the market capitalization weight of the KOSPI 200 components relative to the entire KOSPI market capitalization is 92.2%.

The 13 stocks newly included in the KOSDAQ 150 are LS Materials, Jerong Electric, Silicon Two, VT, Peptron, Chips&Media, Gigavis, Gaon Chips, Techwing, Jeju Semiconductor, Sinopex, Open Edge Technology, and UTI.

Conversely, Hydro Lithium, Cowell Fashion, Modetour, The Nature Holdings, Genexine, Komipharm, Eoflow, LB Semicon, Sanga Frontec, Saeronics, Unitest, HFR, and Lithium Force were excluded.

The weight of the changed KOSDAQ 150 index components in the KOSDAQ market is 55.2%.

In the KRX 300, the newly included stocks are Isu Specialty Chemical, Dongwon Systems, Soulbrain Holdings, LG Energy Solution, EcoPro Mety, Doosan Robotics, Hyosung, HDC Hyundai Development Company, Youngone Holdings, W Games, Lotte Wellfood, Orion Holdings, Daewoong, Mirae Asset Life Insurance, Gigavis, Gaon Chips, Doosan Tesna, JNTC, Seojin System, PSK Holdings, and Techwing.

On the other hand, Ssangyong C&E, Aekyung Chemical, IS Dongseo, SPG, Hana Technology, Hanssem, Iljin High Solus, Nexen Tire, SNT Motiv, Shinpung Pharmaceutical, Voronoi, L&C Bio, TCK, Duksan Neolux, BH, Innox Advanced Materials, Com2uS, and Neowiz were excluded.

After the changes, the weight of the KRX 300 components in the market capitalization of the KOSPI and KOSDAQ markets is 80.2%.