The won strengthened 0.1 percent to 1,050.55 per dollar after data today showed South Korea's economy expanded 0.8 percent in the second quarter, matching the median estimate of economists surveyed by Bloomberg. The currency earlier reached 1,048.30, the strongest level in almost three years.
Gold for immediate-delivery traded at $1,623.25 an ounce, extending a three-day, 1.8 percent jump. Bullion touched a record high of $1,625.07 on July 25.
Oil futures slipped as much as 0.5 percent to $99.05 a barrel in New York today after the industry-funded American Petroleum Institute said inventories climbed 3.96 million barrels to 358.2 million last week. An Energy Department report today may show supplies slipped 2 million barrels, according to a Bloomberg News survey of analysts. That would be the eighth weekly decline.
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