SEOUL, Oct. 12 (Yonhap) -- The daily amount of securities settlements in the South Korean financial market dropped in the third quarter from three months earlier, industry data showed Monday.
An average 35.4 trillion won (US$26.5 billion) worth of securities was handled per day through the Korea Securities Depository (KSD) in the July-September period, down 16.5 percent from a quarter earlier, according to the data by the KSD.
On the stock exchange, the daily average fell 12.4 percent on-quarter to 8.8 trillion won, the data showed.
A daily 26.6 trillion won worth of debts was traded on the bond exchange over the cited period, down 17.7 percent on-quarter.
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