As a result of the regular rebalancing of Korea's two major benchmark stock indexes, the KOSPI200 index and the KOSDAQ150 index, 8 and 16 constituents were replaced, respectively. In the KRX300 index, 21 stocks were added and 22 stocks were removed.
Korea Exchange (KRX) said on the 18th that it made the decision at a meeting of the Index Operations Committee. The changes to the index constituents will take effect starting Dec. 12.
New additions to the KOSPI200 index are Sanil Electric, Hanwha Engine, LG CNS, ISU PETASYS, Hyundai AutoEver, Paradise, and Asia Holdings.
Conversely, HD Hyundai Mipo, HDC Holdings Co., Hanwha Vision, Dentium, HanaTour Co., KG Mobility, TCC Steel, and OCI will be removed from the KOSPI200 index.
Added to the KOSDAQ150 index are Pumtech Korea, BHI, LS Marine Solution, Yuil Robotics, Yujin Robot, GAMSUNG Corporation, OliX Pharmaceuticals, D&D Pharmatech, Incar Financial Service, ROBOTIS, KONA I, MiCo, Saltlux, i3system, Woori Technology, and Clobot.
The KOSDAQ150 index deletions are MNtech, iFamilySC, Maeil Dairies Co., i-SENS, HLB Therapeutics, Bioneer, Korea Ratings, PATRON, Duksan Techopia, GigaVis, Chips&Media, PROTEC, ITM Semiconductor, OpenEdge, Technology, INTOPS, and EM-Tech.
With this regular rebalancing, KOSPI200 constituents account for 92.6% of the KOSPI market's total market capitalization. KOSDAQ150 constituents represent 56.5% of the KOSDAQ market's total market capitalization.