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The KOSPI 200 is the South Korean index, indicative of the top 200 stocks in the Korea Exchange. It maps over 70% of the total capitalization of the exchange and is the most liquid index for the South korean market. The KOSPI 200 was started on January 3rd, 1990 with a base value of 100[1]. The Futures and Options markets in Korea use this index to base their calculations. KOSPI 200 is updated every 2 seconds and is published by the statistical KRX publication of the Korean Exchange[2]
Weighting and Calculations
The KOSPI is calculated as follows with Current Market Capitalization (=market capitalization at the time of comparison) as the numerator and Base Market Capitalization (=market capitalization as of January 4, 1980) as the denominator.
That is:
Current index = Current total market cap of constituents × 100 / Base Market Capitalization[3]
The base market capitalization is adjusted when there is a change in the value due to rights offering, new listing, delisting, mergers, etc.
So the New Base Market Capitalization would be[4]:
Past Market Capitalization*(Current Market Cap +- change in market cap)/Current Market Cap on the day before the change.
Composition of the KOSPI 200
The top 10 stocks of the KOSPI 200, as of October 21, 2008[5] were:
| COMPANY NAME | TICKER (SE:) | Weighting (%) |
| Samsung | A005930 | 16.40 |
| POSCO (PKX) | 005490 | 6.81 |
| KB Financial Group | 105560 | 3.80 |
| Shinhan Financial Group Co (SHG) | 055550 | 3.69 |
| SK Telecom (SKM) | 017670 | 3.63 |
| KT&G | 033780 | 2.78 |
| LG Electronics | 066570 | 2.58 |
| Hyundai Motor Company (005380-SE) | 005380 | 2.57 |
| KEPCO | 015760 | 2.46 |
| HHI | 009540 | 2.22 |
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