Wednesday, May 18, 2016

S.Korea won falls to near 9-wk low; stocks extend losses

* Hawkish Fed minutes hurt won and KOSPI

* Won highly unlikely to go beyond 1,200 level - analyst

SEOUL, May 19 (Reuters) - The South Korean won fell

to its lowest level since mid-March on Thursday morning as the

minutes from the U.S. Federal Reserve's April policy meeting

signalled a potential interest rate hike in June.

The won was at 1,189.6 per dollar at 0221 GMT,

down 0.6 percent from Wednesday's close of 1,182.6.

The currency is likely to trade in a limited range ahead of

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