** Shares in South Korea's brokerage houses jump as
benchmark KOSPI touches record high on improving investor
sentiment fuelling hopes for revenue boost urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2IB03B
** Mirae Asset Daewoo 006800.KS soars as much as 3.8% to
highest since May 2018, while Hyundai Motor Securities
001500.KS also jumps 3.2% to highest since July 2017
** Korea Investment Holdings 071510.KS and SK Securities
001510.KS gain as much as 4.5% and 19.5%, respectively
** Broader KOSPI market .KS11 up 0.6% by 0303 GMT, after
gaining as much as 0.9% to an all-time high
(Reporting by Joori Roh)
((joori.roh@thomsonreuters.com; +82 2 6936 1493))