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(Seoul=Yonhap Infomax) Ji Yeon Kim – The dollar-won exchange rate climbed to the 1,476 won level during intraday trading, marking its highest point since April 9.


As of 15:44 KST on the 21st in the Seoul foreign exchange market, the dollar-won rate was trading at 1,475.30 won, up 7.40 won from the previous session.


The session opened higher at 1,472.40 won, reflecting increased risk aversion following a sharp overnight decline on the New York Stock Exchange.


Early in the session, settlement demand and exporter dollar sales kept the rate in a narrow range in the low 1,470s.


In the afternoon, as the dollar-yen rate extended its decline, the dollar-won briefly touched a session low of 1,469.10 won. This move followed the Japanese government's announcement of a 21.3 trillion yen fiscal stimulus package as part of its comprehensive economic measures.


However, as risk-off sentiment intensified, South Korea's benchmark KOSPI index plunged approximately 3.7%, and foreign investors net sold 2.8211 trillion won ($2.1 billion) worth of stocks on the Korea Exchange, pushing the dollar-won's lower bound steadily higher.


Despite continued declines in both the dollar index and the dollar-yen rate, the impact on the dollar-won was limited.


During regular trading hours, the dollar-won rate reached an intraday high of 1,476.00 won—its highest since April 9 (1,487.60 won) and surpassing the 1,475 won level where South Korea's foreign exchange authorities had previously issued verbal intervention warnings on April 14.


Shortly after the market close, during London trading hours, the rate climbed further to 1,476.10 won.


The dollar index fell to 100.08.


At the same time, the dollar-yen rate was down 0.403 yen from the New York session at 157.174 yen, while the euro-dollar rate rose 0.0016 to 1.1542.


The yen-won cross rate stood at 938.37 won per 100 yen, and the yuan-won rate was at 207.33 won.


The offshore dollar-yuan (CNH) rate declined to 7.1149 yuan.


jykim2@yna.co.kr


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