South Korea posted a current account surplus of $8.99 billion in November, the Bank of Korea said on Wednesday.
That followed the $8.72 billion surplus in October.
The goods account surplus widened to $10.52 billion, from $9.83 billion in October.
The services account deficit widened as well, to $1.74 billion compared to $1.59 billion the month before, owing to deteriorations in the transport and the travel accounts, the bank said.
The primary income account surplus narrowed from $0.86 billion in October to $0.44 billion in November, in line with a decrease in revenues from the interest income account.
The secondary income account was a $0.23 billion deficit. The financial account saw an overall $8.90 billion increase in net assets in November.
Direct investment assets expanded by $2.10 billion, down from their $2.62 billion increase in October, while direct investment liabilities grew by $1.44 billion, up from the $1.26 billion increase the month before.
There was a $4.28 billion rise in portfolio investment assets during November, less than the $6.61 billion growth in October.
Portfolio investment liabilities meanwhile showed a decline of $2.69 billion, after having also fallen by $3.25 billion the month previous.
Financial derivatives posted net growth of $0.10 billion.
Looking at other investment, there were increases of $2.93 billion in assets and $1.24 billion in liabilities.
Reserve assets fell $0.52 billion.
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