More South Koreans looking to invest more in equities

SEOUL: More South Koreans are becoming inclined to stock investing as they seek to take advantage of a turnaround from the Covid-19 financial market crisis, a survey showed.

Of 1,000 respondents aged between 19 and 59,67.8% said they were interested in investing via stocks, according to a survey conducted in February by Seoul-based market research firm Macromill Embrain Trend Monitor. Among them, 52.7% said they had begun to take an interest in stock investing since January 2020, when the Covid-19 outbreak surfaced on a global scale.