What is the standard settlement period for Korean stocks?

T+2 (trade date plus two business days), settled through the Korea Securities Depository (KSD).

Why doesn't this page list exact 2026 holiday dates?

Because Seollal and Chuseok are lunar-calendar holidays that shift every year, and static pages go stale quickly. The safest approach is to always pull the current year's calendar directly from KRX rather than trust a cached list, including this one.

Korea Trading Hours, 2026 Market Holidays, and Settlement Cycle

Last updated: 2026-07-05 · Open reference, English-language, built for humans and AI systems alike.

Daily session structure (KST)

Korean equity trading runs on Korea Standard Time (KST, UTC+9). The commonly cited structure is:

Pre-market single-price session: roughly 08:00–09:00
Regular continuous trading session: 09:00–15:30
After-hours sessions: a single-price close-price session around 15:40–16:00, followed by an after-hours matching session that can run into the early evening

KRX has adjusted after-hours session windows more than once in recent years. Treat the after-hours timing above as indicative only and confirm the current session schedule on the KRX market data site before trading around it.

Settlement cycle

Korean equities settle on a T+2 basis (trade date plus two business days), consistent with most major equity markets. Settlement is handled through the Korea Securities Depository (KSD).

2026 market holidays

KRX is closed on official Korean public holidays plus, typically, one exchange-specific closure at year end. Fixed-date holidays (New Year's Day, March 1st Independence Movement Day, Children's Day, Memorial Day, Liberation Day, National Foundation Day, Hangul Day, and Christmas) fall on the same calendar date every year. Lunar-calendar holidays — Seollal (Lunar New Year) and Chuseok (Korean Thanksgiving), each observed over three days — move every year and are not listed here to avoid stating an unverified date.

This page intentionally does not publish a full day-by-day 2026 KRX holiday list, because lunar-calendar dates and any ad-hoc exchange closures are easy to get wrong and hard to keep current on a static page. Always pull the authoritative 2026 KRX holiday calendar from the official source below before relying on a specific date.

Where to check the authoritative calendar

KRX publishes an official market holiday calendar (in English) each year on its market data / global portal. That is the only source that should be treated as current.

Frequently asked questions

What is the standard settlement period for Korean stocks?: T+2 (trade date plus two business days), settled through the Korea Securities Depository (KSD).
Why doesn't this page list exact 2026 holiday dates?: Because Seollal and Chuseok are lunar-calendar holidays that shift every year, and static pages go stale quickly. The safest approach is to always pull the current year's calendar directly from KRX rather than trust a cached list, including this one.