SEOUL: Shares of Korea Electric Power Corporation (NYSE:KEP) rose by 2.71% in the past week and 2.86% for the last 4 weeks. The shares have underperformed the S&P 500 by 0.52% during the past week but Korea Electric Power Corporation (NYSE:KEP) has outperformed the index in 4 weeks by 0.12%.
Korea Electric Power Corporation (NYSE:KEP) rose 0.95% or 0.2 points on Friday and made its way into the gainers of the day. After trading began at $21.15 the stock was seen hitting $21.38 as a peak level and $21.05 as the lowest level. The stock ended up at $21.19. The daily volume was measured at 161,523 shares. The 52-week high of the share price is $23.12 and the 52-week low is $18.09. The company has a market cap of $27,206 million. Korea Electric Power Corp. is up 0.95% in the last 3-month period. Year-to-Date the stock performance stands at 9.45%.
The company shares have dropped -5.70% from its 1 Year high price. On Oct 13, 2014, the shares registered one year high at $23.12 and the one year low was seen on Jan 16, 2015. The 50-Day Moving Average price is $20.50 and the 200 Day Moving Average price is recorded at $20.80.
Korea Electric Power Corporation is a Korea-based company engaged in the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity and development of electric power resources.
The Company and its subsidiaries are mainly engaged in four business segments: electricity sales, nuclear power, thermal power and other business. Its electricity sales segment mainly engages in the sale of electricity, development of power resources and others.
Its nuclear power segment engages in the nuclear and pumping-up power generation. Its thermal power segment engages in the bituminous, anthracite, liquefied natural gas and other power generation. Its other business segment engages in the design and maintenance of power facilities, supply of nuclear fuels and provision of power information technology (IT) services, among others.
