Foreign markets

KBCmakler gives you access to European, American markets and other international markets. You can trade on these markets at low commissions prepared especially for you.

Commission rates for trading equities

As of 1-st May, 2009 we lowered the minimum amount of commission for trading shares on foreign markets. The current commission rates and minimum amounts are listed in the table below.

Some of markets are not online available, for these markets you can place orders only offline by phone or in person in one of KBCSP Outlets. Commission rates for offline trading are the same as for online trading.

Online and offline available markets:

• Nasdaq, NYSE, Amex
  0,5 % min. USD 20
  
  
• Austria, Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Germany, Great Britain, Finland, Italy, Spain, Norway, Sweden, Hungary, Romania, Denmark
  0,5 % min. EUR 20
  
  
• Canada, Portugal, Switzerland
  0,5 % min. EUR 30
  
  
• Czech Republic, Luxembourg
  0,5 % min. EUR 50
  
  
• Ireland
  1,0 % min. EUR 75
  
  

Markets available only in offline mode:

• Greece, Australia, Japan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania
  1,0 % min. EUR 50
  
  
• Hong Kong, Republic of South Africa, Serbia, Bosnia, New Zealand, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand
  1,0 % min. EUR 75
  
  
• Indonesia
  1,0 % min. EUR 150
  
  

Commission rates for trading option contracts

• For all foreign markets:
• Offline orders
  EUR 10 per contract
  
  
• Online orders
  EUR 8 per contract
  
  

To enable trading option contracts on foreign markets, you will have to sign an agreement for derivatives trading on foreign markets and submit a financial statement. Download the forms ›› here.

Distributing market data for foreign markets

• Quotations on foreign markets are provided as follows:
• Package on-line1 - bid and ask (1 line) with a minimum 15-min. delay,
• Package on-line5 - bid and ask in real time on: Nasdaq, NYSE, Amex (1 line), Euronext (Paris, Amsterdam, Brussels, Lisbon) (5 lines), Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania (1 line). Other markets: with a minum of 15-min. delay.

Additional costs

There additional costs related to trading on numerous foreign markets, for example stock exchange fee, stamp duty etc.

• American markets: 0,00056% - this fee is only applicable to sale transactions
• Great Britain:
  0,5% - stamp duty only appplicalbe to the purchase transactions (1% - for Irish shares, 0.2505% - for non-certified securities)
  0,0007% - exchange fee for Swiss shares
  GBP 1 - exchange tax, if the transaction value > GBP 10,000
  GBP 1,25 - exchange tax for Irish shares, if the transaction value > GBP 10,000
• Ireland: 1% - stamp duty only applicable for sale transactions
• Switzerland: 0,007% - exchange fee
• Greece: 0,06% - charge for transfer of securities, 0.15% - tax only applicable to sale transactions
• Hong Kong: 0,005% - exchange fee, 0,01% - stamp duty
• Singapore: 0,04% - settlement fee (max DGD 600)