The won-dollar exchange rate closed at 1,502.8 won on the 28th. It rose 1.6 won from the previous trading day. From the 15th to today, 1,500 won has been maintained for nine consecutive trading days.
The rise in the won-dollar exchange rate on the day is seen as stemming from U.S.-Iran cease-fire talks hitting a roadblock again. When a state of war continues, demand for the safe asset dollar expands, and the won-dollar exchange rate tends to rise.
Reuters, citing a Trump administration official, reported that U.S. forces carried out new airstrikes targeting a military base in Iran. The assessment was that the base posed a threat to U.S. troops and merchant ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz. The official said four Iranian attack drones that threatened U.S. forces were shot down. Fox News reported that the base struck by U.S. forces was a ground control station in the southern Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claimed it attacked a U.S. Air Force base in response to U.S. airstrikes. The Revolutionary Guard said, "If U.S. attacks are repeated, we will take resolute action," adding, "Responsibility lies with the aggressor."
Earlier, U.S. President Donald Trump presided over a Cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington on the 27th and said of the cease-fire talks, "So far, we have not reached a level we are satisfied with." He added, "Maybe we'll have to go back and finish it, and maybe we won't have to right now."