Stronger won fuels fears of earnings misses among Korean exporters
Korea’s leading exporters face a growing risk of missing third-quarter earnings expectations as a sharp appreciation of the won erodes the local-currency value of sales generated in dollars, market analysts said Friday. The currency shift has prompted brokerages to lower their profit estimates for major exporters. A weaker won benefited exporters in the second quarter, when the won-dollar…
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