# Trump stumps South Korean markets more than any missile tests

> Options market data show the cost of insuring against North Korea-related risks, such as a drop in the won, surged this year. Three-month protection against a won decline reached 231 basis points in mid-April, double levels from six months earlier.

- Date: 2017-07-10 · published 2017-07-10T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: geopolitics · region South Korea · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/70200-trump-stumps-south-korean-markets-more-than-any-missile-tests
- Commodities: [Korean Won (KRW per USD)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/USDKRW.md)

## Why it matters

The story concerns currency-hedging costs in South Korea and has no clear link to feed commodity supply, demand or prices.

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/article/business/trump-stumps-south-korean-markets-more-than-any-missile-tests-idUSKBN19V20B/

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