HALISTER1: USD/KRW Extends Gain; Increasingly Alert to Won Weakness: BOK

USD/KRW Extends Gain; Increasingly Alert to Won Weakness: BOK

(Bloomberg) -- USD/KRW rises 0.9% to 1,237.63, strongest since July 2010.
  • 10-DMA at 1,214.02 above 21-DMA at 1,208.04 since Feb. 15
  • S. Korean authorities are increasingly alert to won depreciating faster than regional peers, a BOK official said over phone Friday, declining to be named, citing bank policy
  • Options expiring today include 1,225.91 strikes for $500m
Alert: HALISTER1
Source: BFW (Bloomberg First Word)

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