According to Yonhap, South Korean companies raised 126.58 trillion won ($88.43 billion) through stock and bond sales in the January-June period, down 23.36 trillion won, or 15.6%, from a year earlier, according to data from South Korea's Financial Supervisory Service (FSS). Stock sales dropped 1.26 trillion won to 2.98 trillion won, while corporate bond sales fell 22.1 trillion won, or 15.2%, to 123.59 trillion won. Outstanding corporate bonds totaled 757.24 trillion won at the end of June, up 37.25 trillion won, or 5.1%, from a year earlier.