The local currency reached the 1,277-won-per-dollar level during the day, hitting this year's highest point, before closing at 1,275.30 won against the dollar, down 1.1 won from Tuesday's close.
An employee holds a stack of dollar bills at Hana Bank's Counterfeit Notes Response Center in Jung District, central Seoul, on Wednesday. The local currency reached the 1,277-won-per-dollar level during the day, hitting this year's highest point, before closing at 1,275.30 won against the dollar, down 1.1 won from Tuesday's close. [YONHAP]
![An employee holds a stack of dollar bills at Hana Bank's Counterfeit Notes Response Center in Jung District, central Seoul, on Wednesday. The local currency reached the 1,277-won-per-dollar level during the day, hitting this year's highest point, before closing at 1,275.30 won against the dollar, down 1.1 won from Tuesday's close. [YONHAP]](https://img4.daumcdn.net/thumb/R658x0.q70/?fname=https://t1.daumcdn.net/news/202205/11/koreajoongangdaily/20220511182529962sets.jpg)