As the KOSPI topped 5,000 points and the KOSDAQ broke through 1,000 points, the domestic stock market's "bull run" continued and the number of stock accounts surpassed 100 million.
According to the Korea Financial Investment Association on the 1st, as of the 29th, the number of active stock trading accounts stood at 100,020,450. It surged by about 1.73 million in about a month from 98,291,148 at the end of last year.
An active stock trading account refers to a brokerage trading account and securities savings account with a deposit asset of at least 100,000 won and at least one transaction in the past six months.
Given that Korea's population is about 50 million, it means there are more than two stock trading accounts per person.
So-called "debt investing," or borrowing to invest, also surpassed 30 trillion won. As of the 29th, margin loan balances stood at 30.0925 trillion won.
Investor deposits, cited as another pool of funds waiting to enter the market, came to 103.7072 trillion won and have continued to rise since exceeding 100 trillion won on the 27th.
With the KOSPI renewing its record high day after day and the KOSDAQ index also rising above 1,000 points, it is interpreted that investors are flocking to the domestic stock market.
Earlier, on the 30th, the KOSPI closed at 5,224.36, up 3.11 points (0.06%) from the previous session, while the KOSDAQ index finished at 1,149.44, down 14.97 points (1.29%).