SEOUL, Jul. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean foreign exchange market had ample liquidity in the Korean won-dollar trading on the first day with extended trading hours, the finance ministry said Tuesday, vowing enhanced market monitoring to curb possible volatility. Starting Monday, the operating hours of the foreign exchange market were extended to 9 [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will delay the opening of its foreign exchange market by one hour on the day of the college entrance exam later this week, the committee in charge of the FX market said Monday. The foreign exchange market will open at 10 a.m. and close at 3:30 p.m. [...]
ST PETER PORT, Guernsey and NEW YORK, Oct. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Global FX Market trading amounts to US$6.6 Trillion per day or +/-US$1,716 Trillion per annum – but that number is applicable only to the Trading – and not the Gross Payment obligations arising from that trading. The Gross Payment obligations are US$18.7 Trillion per day or US$4,862 Trillion per [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The opening of South Korea’s foreign exchange market will be delayed by one hour on the day of the college entrance exam this week, the committee in charge of the foreign exchange market said Tuesday. The foreign exchange market is set to open at 10 a.m. and close at [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Foreign investors bought South Korean stocks and bonds worth US$3.48 billion in October due to expectations of improved corporate earnings amid eased tensions on the Korean Peninsula, the central bank said Wednesday. Local stocks and bonds bought by foreign investors stood at $2.84 billion and $650 million, respectively, the [...]