Strong capital inflow boosted yearly figures.
The daily foreign exchange turnover by local and foreign banks in South Korea rose 9.6% YoY to a record high $55.51b in 2018, reports Yonhap News.
The number marked the largest annual daily turnover since 2008 when the central bank started to compile related data.
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The daily trading volume of foreign exchange spots rose 8.9% YoY to $21.33b last year whilst derivatives transactions similarly grew 10.1% YoY to a daily $34.18b.
"The increase in spot exchange came as South Korea's exports were on a roll last year and foreigners expanded their investment in local bonds," the central bank said in a statement.
By currency type, the daily U.S. dollar-won spot trading volume jumped 10.4% YoY to $15.34b, whilst the daily turnover for the dollar-euro exchange soared 37% to $1.27b over the same period.
On the other hand, daily transactions of the Chinese yuan-Korean won fell 10.6% YoY to $1.88b.
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