Brief

On 17/01/2025, the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) issued an update regarding Foreign Securities Investment Trends in December 2024. According to the report, foreign investors sold a total of KRW 63 trillion worth of domestic stocks and bonds in December, with a net outflow of KRW 6.3 trillion from their domestic securities holdings, marking the third consecutive month of stock sales and the fifth month of bond outflows.

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보도2024.1.17.(금) 석간배포2024.1.16.(목)담당부서자본시장감독국증권거래감독팀책임자팀 장김용진(02-3145-7590)담당자조사역황진희(02-3145-7608)2024년 12월 외국인 증권투자 동향〔주요 내용〕□(순투자)’24.12월중외국인은상장주식△3조6,490억원을순매도*하고,상장채권△2조3,810억원을순회수**하여,총△6조300억원순회수 *유가증권시장 △3조 9,770억원 순매도, 코스닥시장 3,280억원 순매수 **[매수(10.1조원) – 매도(8.0조원)] – 만기상환(4.5조원) = △2.4조원◦주식5개월연속순매도지속,채권5개월만에순회수전환□(보유규모)’24.12월말현재외국인은상장주식673.7조원(시가총액의27.0%),상장채권268.2조원(상장잔액의10.4%)등총941.9조원의상장증권을보유 ※금융감독원은 한국거래소(체결기준)와 달리 결제기준으로 외국인 증권투자 동향 집계 중⇨주식:’24.12월순매도지속,’24.11월대비보유잔액감소(△19.9조원)채권:’24.12월순회수전환,’24.11월대비보유잔액감소(△1.8조원)<외국인의 상장증권 순투자* 및 보유현황>(단위 : 십억원, %, 결제기준)구분‘23년 ‘24년상반기하반기11월12월보유잔액주식10,5019,4171,0843,318△4,154△3,649673,747채권13,56213,32923317,3241,487△2,381268,187합계24,06322,7461,31720,642△2,667△6,030941,934*상장주식은 장내거래 기준, 상장채권은 장내·장외거래 기준- 2 –
Ⅰ. 주식투자 동향(붙임1참조)◆’24.12월중외국인은상장주식△3조6,490억원*을순매도하여,’24.12월말현재673.7조원(전월대비△19.9조원)을보유(시총의27.0%수준) *유가증권시장 △3조 9,770억원 순매도, 코스닥시장 3,280억원 순매수□(지역별)미주(0.5조원)지역은순매수,아시아(△0.5조원),유럽(△3.0조원)지역등은순매도□(국가별)미국(0.6조원),아랍에미리트(0.4조원)는순매수,네덜란드(△1.3조원),룩셈부르크(△0.9조원)는순매도□(보유규모)미국272.2조원(외국인전체의40.4% ),유럽205.4조원*(30.5% ),아시아99.5조원**(14.8%),중동11.2조원(1.7%)順 *영국 69.5조원(10.3%), 룩셈부르크 35.5조원(5.3%), 아일랜드 25.2조원(3.7%) 등 **싱가포르 50.8조원(7.5%), 중국 14.1조원(2.1%), 일본 12.8조원(1.9%) 등참 고①’24.12월중 주요 국가별‧지역별 외국인 주식 매매 현황(단위 : 십억원, %, 결제기준)순매수 상위순매도 상위지 역 별미 국572네덜란드△1,263미 주487아랍에미리트386룩셈부르크△912아시아△472말레이시아214노르웨이△760유 럽△3,032②외국인 주식 매매 및 보유 추이(단위 : 십억원, %, 결제기준)구 분매 수(a)매 도(b)순매수*(a-b)보유금액*시가총액비중’23년 12월61,46658,3213,145739,4132,697,91027.4’23년 합계944,565934,06410,501’24년 10월72,62977,018△4,389728,8702,635,39327.711월82,88487,038△4,154693,6352,534,68627.412월73,14476,792△3,648673,7472,496,20327.0 *(순매수)상장지수펀드(ETF), 주식워런트증권(ELW), 상장지수증권(ETN) 등 제외, (보유)전 종목- 3 –
Ⅱ. 채권투자 동향(붙임2참조)◆’24.12월중외국인은상장채권2조1,230억원을순매수하고,4조5,040억원을만기상환받아총△2조3,810억원순회수◦'24.12월말현재268.2조원(전월대비△1.8조원)을보유(상장잔액의10.4% )□(지역별)유럽(0.8조원)지역은순투자,중동(△2.0조원),미주(△0.8조원)지역등은순회수◦보유규모는아시아122.2조원(45.6%),유럽92.6조원(34.5%)順□(종류별)통안채(0.4조원)는순투자,국채(△3.2조원)는순회수하여,’24.12월말현재국채239.1조원(89.1%),특수채29.0조원(10.8%)보유□(잔존만기별)잔존만기1~5년미만(2.0조원)채권에서순투자하였고,1년미만(△4.2조원),5년이상(△0.2조원)채권에서순회수◦’24.12월말현재잔존만기1년미만채권은55.6조원(20.8%),1~5년미만은98.2조원(36.6%),5년이상은114.3조원(42.6%)보유참 고①’24.12월중 외국인 채권 순투자 주요 현황(단위 : 십억원, %, 결제기준)지역별종류별잔존만기별유 럽830통안채4401 ~ 5년1,970미 주△813회사채05년 이상△192중 동△2,048국 채△3,1531년 미만△4,160②외국인 채권 투자 및 보유 추이(단위 : 십억원, %, 결제기준)구 분순매수(a)만기상환등(b)순투자(a-b)보유금액상장잔액비중‘23년12월4,5315,419△888242,8752,491,3669.7‘23년합계91,03177,46913,562‘24년10월8,9993,4725,527268,9372,568,67910.511월3,2591,7721,487270,0162,587,01010.412월2,1234,504△2,381268,1872,580,99210.4☞본 자료를 인용하여 보도할 경우에는 출처를 표기하여 주시기 바랍니다.(http://www.fss.or.kr)- 4 –
붙임1 외국인의 상장주식 순매수 동향 및 보유현황 등□국가별 상장주식 순매수 동향 (단위 : 십억원, %, 결제기준)국 적’23년’24년10월11월12월미국4,3818,553△1,327△1,398572아랍에미리트864△209△28△200386말레이시아△417158797214스웨덴8221,169△59△374203홍콩△520597351138프랑스△3811,1022816124아일랜드2,872256△434△476△213싱가포르245△5,270△104△549△316버진아일랜드△12266214323△498노르웨이3,273250△65139△760룩셈부르크1,349△2,916△661△668△912네덜란드639△3,370△469△368△1,263기타△2,8801,779△1,536△397△1,323합계10,5013,318△4,388△4,154△3,648주) 반올림에 따른 오차가 있을 수 있음□국가별 상장주식 보유 현황(단위 : 십억원, %, 체결기준)국 적’22년말’23년말’24.12월말증감률1)비 중미국234,143302,424272,193△10.040.4영국49,46769,51069,4890.010.3싱가포르39,62149,34250,7942.97.5룩셈부르크34,88344,66535,503△20.55.3아일랜드24,06731,02525,219△18.73.7호주13,16319,02523,97026.03.6네덜란드14,75721,30223,80411.73.5노르웨이17,43124,13319,482△19.32.9캐나다16,67921,23916,172△23.92.4케이맨제도10,68714,12115,54010.12.3중국12,57816,11014,057△12.72.1스위스10,63513,16213,7034.12.0홍콩8,51410,71013,27323.92.0일본12,39115,08912,827△15.01.9스웨덴5,3387,3826,737△8.71.0말레이시아5,1756,6375,671△14.60.8쿠웨이트7,0378,1515,621△31.00.8기타57,24965,38449,694△24.07.5합계573,815739,413673,747△8.9100.0주) 전년말 대비 증감률 – 5 –
□외국인의 국가별․월별 상장주식 순매수 추이(단위 : 십억원, %, 결제기준)구 분
             
순매수보유 미국영국룩셈부르크중국독일일본아일랜드기타(비중)’22년4,148△8,872△4,852△126△352253△288△1,048△11,13411월1,4272,295△468△57△52△405△1052922,928637,910(26.7)12월△991△668221△16△31△61△1612,110403573,815(26.4)’23년4,3811,9691,349329504△4102,872△49310,5011월1,6219481,59671401577239926,146635,979(26.9)2월307962767△19△57△136412△1,0681,169635,069(26.7)3월△73△899127△22△2718974△2,239△2,142649,714(26.4)4월△236△364124△4912319△331,6831,268661,220(26.6)5월1,499△476858△4737△983711,1553,299693,258(27.1)6월1,155△530△27251825115△874△322691,725(26.9)7월△1,8001,745△406△107111△290662728641701,748(26.4)8월932△1,286△68△4071△273227△742△1,179679,055(26.1)9월1,185△3,002△38738612184322△411△1,712663,703(26.7)10월△512△801△538△21△11552△358△818△3,112624,772(27.2)11월7633,485△292△25160△5818△7513,300692,242(26.9)12월△4592,187△15915169△36△4591,8523,146739,413(27.4)’24년8,5549,559△2,91611341△730255△11,7563,3181월6973,249△527△7433△92△226△1743,353704,039(27.6)2월2,8083,616△2619428△81△66177,375761,992(28.1)3월2,1722,084464117△222△52465745,102820,130(29.0)4월3,4543619230△35129250△1,0132,626802,461(28.9)5월2,4491,419213△166△35321△2,4731,529791,310(29.1)6월2,1115681,03724868191327△1,6522,898859,244(30.0)7월1541,268△3596454△146986062,496852,689(30.1)8월△315△1,972△195△9012427328△416△2,509802,071(29.2)9월△2,823△1,252△1,587△244△368△117△179△791△7,361746,940(28.0)10월△1,327△12△661△421△65△434△1,906△4,388728,870(27.7)11월△1,398636△668△31△49△218△476△1,951△4,154693,635(27.4)12월572△81△912△136△31△171△213△2,677△3,648673,747(27.0) 주) (순매수) 상장지수펀드(ETF), 주식워런트증권(ELW), 상장지수증권(ETN) 등 제외, (보유) 전 종목, 반올림에 따른 오차가 있을 수 있음- 6 –
붙임2 외국인의 상장채권 종류별 순투자 현황 등□상장채권 종류별 순투자 및 보유규모(단위 : 십억원, %, 결제기준)구 분국 채특수채회사채지방채합 계 통안채’23년말 보유219,58022,98312,9063120242,875(비 중) (90.4)(9.5)(5.3)(0.1)(0.0)(100.0)(상장잔액대비 비중)(20.4)(2.8)(10.6)(0.1)(0.0)(9.7)’23년 순투자계26,215△11,286△5,590△1,367013,562‘24.12월말 보유239,06528,98718,5431340268,187(비 중) (89.1)(10.8)(6.9)(0.1)(0.0)(100.0)(상장잔액대비 비중)(21.2)(3.6)(16.0)(0.0)(0.0)(10.4)12월중 순투자△3,15377144000△2,381순매수3911,7311,170102,123만기상환 등3,544960730004,504‘24년 순투자계13,8313,6713,393△178017,324* 각 채권별 상장잔액 대비 외국인 보유 비중□월간 상장채권 순투자 및 보유 추이 (단위 : 십억원, %, 결제기준)구 분순투자    보유금액 순매수만기상환(비중)‘23년 13,562 91,031 77,469 12월△8884,5315,419242,875(9.7)‘24년17,32463,51146,1871월8093,4272,618245,411(9.8)2월3,4574,9651,508248,762(9.8)3월△5,8462,3588,204244,282(9.6)4월2,5735,4202,847247,188(9.7)5월1,4763,7242,248251,018(9.8)6월△1,0454,3715,416251,513(9.8)7월△3692,9473,316252,047(9.8)8월8,0069,8261,820259,369(10.1)9월3,63012,0918,462263,420(10.3)10월5,5278,9993,472268,937(10.5)11월1,4873,2591,772270,016(10.4)12월△2,3812,1234,504268,187(10.4)- 7 –
□잔존만기별 상장채권 순투자 추이(단위 : 십억원, %, 결제기준)구 분1년 미만1~5년5년 이상계‘23년△56,67338,80531,42913,56212월△4,1433,057197△888‘24년△32,07028,32421,06917,3241월△1,9807772,0138092월△7811,4142,8243,4573월△8,5361,3181,372△5,8464월△2,2711,9302,9142,5735월△2,1472,1281,4961,4766월△4,5361,8871,603△1,0457월△4,8031,7372,697△369 8월3,3263,9347478,0069월△5,5946,6192,6053,63010월 143,5411,9725,52711월△6011,0691,0201,48712월△4,1601,970△192△2,381주) 반올림에 따른 오차가 있을 수 있음□잔존만기별 상장채권 보유 추이(단위 : 십억원, %, 결제기준)구 분1년 미만1~5년5년 이상계 ‘23년 11월38,586(15.8)101,615(41.6)103,922(42.6)244,122 (100.0)12월38,561(15.9)106,511(43.9)97,803(40.3)242,875(100.0)‘24년 1월38,634(15.7)107,212(43.7)99,566(40.6)245,411 (100.0)2월38,147(15.3)107,322(43.1)103,293(41.5)248,762 (100.0)3월40,491(16.6)98,870(40.5)104,920(43.0)244,282 (100.0)4월39,968(16.2)98,817(40.0)108,403(43.9)247,188 (100.0)5월38,174(15.2)100,368(40.0)112,475(44.8)251,018 (100.0)6월43,870(17.4)96,037(38.2)111,606(44.4)251,513 (100.0)7월41,265(16.4)96,284(38.2)114,498(45.4)252,047 (100.0)8월44,937(17.3)98,855(38.1)115,576(44.6)259,369 (100.0)9월48,161(18.3)97,168(36.9)118,090(44.8)263,420 (100.0)10월50,157(18.7)98,793(36.7)119,988(44.6)268,937 (100.0)11월49,779(18.4)99,749(36.9)120,488(44.6)270,016 (100.0)12월55,624(20.8)98,224(36.6)114,339(42.6)268,187 (100.0)주) 반올림에 따른 오차가 있을 수 있음

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Purpose:

The document provides a detailed report on foreign investment trends in South Korea’s capital market for December 2023. The report highlights key statistics, including foreign investors’ stock holdings and bond investments, as well as their trading activities.

Effects on Industry:

The data reveals that foreign investors have been net sellers of stocks, with a total of 6 trillion KRW (approximately $4.5 billion USD) in sales during December 2023. This trend has continued for five months, indicating a decline in foreign investment interest in the South Korean stock market. The report also shows that foreign investors’ bond holdings have increased by 2.4 trillion KRW (approximately $1.7 billion USD), with a significant portion invested in long-term bonds.

The decrease in foreign investor interest in stocks could be attributed to various factors, including global economic trends and the performance of individual companies listed on the South Korean stock market. However, the increase in bond investments suggests that foreign investors remain interested in investing in the South Korean capital market through debt securities.

Relevant Stakeholders:

The report’s findings are particularly relevant to:

  1. South Korean Stock Market Participants: Investors, traders, and analysts who operate within the South Korean stock market should be aware of these trends to make informed investment decisions.
  2. Global Investors: Foreign investors considering investing in the South Korean capital market should take note of the decreased interest in stocks and increased bond investments.
  3. Regulatory Bodies: The Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) and other regulatory bodies may use this information to assess the overall health of the South Korean capital market and make decisions regarding policy adjustments.

Next Steps:

To respond to these findings, relevant stakeholders should:

  1. Monitor Market Trends: Continuously track changes in foreign investment interest in stocks and bonds.
  2. Adjust Investment Strategies: Investors may need to reassess their portfolio allocations considering the decreased demand for stocks and increased bond investments.
  3. Evaluate Policy Adjustments: Regulatory bodies can use this data to consider implementing policies that promote a stable and attractive capital market environment.

Any Other Relevant Information:

The report’s data suggests that foreign investors’ preferences are shifting towards long-term bonds, indicating a change in investment strategies. This trend may be influenced by various factors, such as changes in global interest rates or economic outlooks. The increase in bond investments also indicates that foreign investors remain confident in the South Korean economy and capital market.

Overall, this report provides valuable insights into foreign investor trends within the South Korean capital market, highlighting areas of concern and potential opportunities for growth and development.

Financial Supervisory Service (FSS)

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