Samsung, Blue Ocean Launch US Stock Trading During South Korean Business Hours

Samsung, Blue Ocean Launch US Stock Trading During South Korean Business Hours
A currency dealer works at a dealing room of a bank in Seoul, South Korea, on Aug. 25, 2015. Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters
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NEW YORK—Asian investors can now buy and sell U.S. stocks during Korean business hours in real time through a partnership between Samsung Securities and U.S.-based off-exchange trading venue operator Blue Ocean Technologies LLC, the companies said on Monday.

“This is the first time in the history of the U.S. markets where Asia Pacific investors, and Korean investors, are going to have the ability to trade U.S. stocks before U.S. investors,” said Brian Hyndman, president of Blue Ocean.