South Korea bourse to decide cap on Samsung's index weighting in June

SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s stock exchange said on Wednesday that it would decide in June whether the weighting of Samsung Electronics (KS:) in the index should be capped.

The Korea Exchange said in a statement that though it discussed whether to adopt a 30% cap before June, the plan was put off after discussions with the industry.

An official at the exchange told Reuters that the bourse is expected to limit the maximum weighting of any single stock to 30% within the index while using a 3-month average market weight during March to May.

Samsung Electronics accounted for 32.9% of Korea’s bluechip 200 as of Tuesday, the official added.

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