# Won-Dollar Rate Breaks 1,470 on Risk-Off Sentiment - Seoul Economic Daily

> The won-dollar rate closed at 1,469.5, its highest close since December 22, as global risk-off sentiment spread and foreign investors sold Korean shares. US equities fell on AI profitability concerns. The Dollar Index was near 97.8 and briefly topped 98 intraday.

- Date: 2026-02-06 · published 2026-02-06T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: macro · region South Korea · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/20839-won-dollar-rate-breaks-1-470-on-risk-off-sentiment-seoul-economic-daily
- Commodities: [Korean Won (KRW per USD)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/USDKRW.md), [US Dollar (Broad)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DXY.md)

## Why it matters

Risk-off flows strengthening the dollar can pressure dollar-denominated commodity prices and raise import costs for Korean feed buyers.

## Read by commodity

- DXY: bullish ▲
- USDKRW: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DXY | 2024-03-21 | [Dollar gains on risk sentiment, Swiss franc falls on surprise rate cut](https://feedsoft.ai/events/31392-dollar-gains-on-risk-sentiment-swiss-franc-falls-on-surprise-rate-cut.md) | +0.1% | +1.7% |
| DXY | 2021-01-28 | [South Africa's rand falls as risk-off sentiment lifts dollar](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49431-south-africa-s-rand-falls-as-risk-off-sentiment-lifts-dollar.md) | +0.2% | -0.1% |
| DXY | 2024-05-30 | ["Increase in Ants' Overseas Investment Drives Won-Dollar Exchange Rate Rise" - The Asia Business Daily](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30499-increase-in-ants-overseas-investment-drives-won-dollar-exchange-rate-rise-the.md) | +0.3% | +1.8% |
| DXY | 2023-02-02 | [Oil slumps on economic data, stronger U.S. dollar](https://feedsoft.ai/events/37234-oil-slumps-on-economic-data-stronger-u-s-dollar.md) | +1.3% | +2.1% |
| DXY | 2021-02-26 | [US Dollar Index (DXY) Surges on Market Selloff, Strong Economic Data](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10600-us-dollar-index-dxy-surges-on-market-selloff-strong-economic-data.md) | +0.7% | +1.9% |

## Sources

- en.sedaily.com: https://en.sedaily.com/finance/2026/02/06/won-dollar-rate-breaks-1470-on-risk-off-sentiment

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