Last year, the scale of funds moving through the capital market topped 900 quadrillion won for the first time. A surge in over-the-counter repurchase agreement (REPO) transaction activity is analyzed to have driven the expansion in capital flows.
According to the Korea Securities Depository (KSD) on the 30th, funds related to the capital market processed through the depository last year totaled 9534.2 trillion won, up 22.1% from the previous year (7809.3 trillion won).
Settlement amounts for trades have been on an upward trend for five years. The totals were 5554.2 trillion won in 2021, 5996 trillion won in 2022, 6662.4 trillion won in 2023, 7809.3 trillion won in 2024, and 9534.2 trillion won in 2025.
By component, settlement amounts for trades in stocks and bonds were the largest at 9024.6 trillion won (94.6%), followed by registered securities principal and interest at 255.8 trillion won (2.7%), and collective investment securities at 179.2 trillion won (1.9%).
Among settlement amounts for trades, over-the-counter REPO settlement was the largest at 8322.3 trillion won. Settlement through bond institutions was 547 trillion won, on-exchange bond settlement was 77.6 trillion won, stock institution settlement was 50.1 trillion won, and on-exchange stock settlement was 26.6 trillion won.
Amounts processed in a single day nearly doubled in five years. The daily average processed amount was 392 trillion won, 1.8 times higher than the 223 trillion won daily average in 2021.