
The dollar-won rate has closed higher in New York than in Seoul on 10 of the 12 trading sessions from October 21 to November 5, averaging 3.11 won higher over that period. The article reports that individual investors’ continued purchases of overseas stocks are generating dollar-conversion demand and supporting the exchange rate.
Overseas investment by Korean retail buyers adds dollar demand, which can support USD/KRW and make dollar-priced feed imports more expensive for Korean buyers. The reported pattern is a modest currency pressure rather than a new commodity-supply shock.
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