Domestic securities companies posted their
strongest earnings in eight years in the second
quarter.
The Financial Supervisory Service says the
combined net profit of securities firms in
the country stood at 1－point－2 trillion
won，... or slightly over 1 billion U.S.
dollars in the April to June period this year，
up 23 percent from the previous quarter.
The figure is the highest since the second
quarter of 2007.
The financial watchdog attributed the robust
performance to a sharp rise in brokerage commission
income.
