▲ This file photo taken Dec. 19, 2024, shows a clerk checking U.S. dollar notes at a center of Hana Bank in Seoul. (Yonhap)

FX turnover-tally

Daily FX turnover hits record high in 2025: BOK

SEOUL, Jan. 23 (Yonhap) -- Daily foreign exchange (FX) trading by banks in South Korea hit an all-time high last year, driven by increased cross-border stock trading, central bank data showed Friday.

Average daily FX turnover, including derivatives trading, came to US$80.71 billion in 2025, up 17 percent from the previous year's $68.96 billion, according to the data from the Bank of Korea (BOK).

It marked the highest annual level since the central bank began compiling such data under the current statistical standards in 2008.

"Amid extended foreign exchange market trading hours, stock investment-related trading by residents and foreign investors increased sharply," a BOK official said.

Average daily spot FX turnover climbed 26.1 percent on-year to $32.38 billion last year, while derivatives trading increased 11.6 percent to $48.33 billion over the cited period.

Residents' overseas stock investment amounted to $129.4 billion in the first 11 months of last year, already higher than the previous year's $72.2 billion, the data showed.

Foreign investors' investment in South Korean stocks also jumped 129 percent on-year to $50.4 billion in 2025, according to the data from the BOK.

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