South Korea Market Review, March 2020: slowing down during a pandemic

Sales volumes, at KRW6.1 trillion (US$5 billion), were down by 20% compared to February, as the Covid-19 pandemic worsened. One hundred and thirty-eight products were withdrawn early as they did not manage to attract enough sales. This is a 49% increase from the previous month. Nineteen of these products were linked to the performance of an index basket, comprised from Eurostoxx 50, S&P 500 and Nikkei 225. In March 1,972 products worth KRW9.3 trillion matured – 430 matured naturally. Th