SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's foreign currency deposits fell in three months due to a decrease in deposit denominated in the European currency, central bank data showed Friday.
The deposits, denominated in foreign currencies, dived 1.4 billion U.S. dollars from a month earlier to 118.03 billion dollars at the end of January after growing for the past two months, according to the Bank of Korea (BOK).
The U.S. dollar-denominated deposit added 0.4 billion dollars to 96.34 billion dollars in the cited month, while the Japanese yen deposit rose 0.52 billion dollars to 9.51 billion dollars.
The euro deposit tumbled 2.36 billion dollars to 9.39 billion dollars as some companies settled trade payments to their business partners.
The Chinese yuan deposit edged down 0.07 billion dollars to 1.38 billion dollars last month.
Foreign currency deposit, possessed by companies, reduced 1.82 billion dollars to 100.68 billion dollars in the same month, but the individuals-owned deposit swelled 0.42 billion dollars to 17.35 billion dollars. ■
