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Currency traders celebrate as they work in the office with a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), center top, of over 5,000 points at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)Currency traders celebrate as they work in the office with a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), center, of over 5,000 points at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)A currency trader passes by a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) and the foreign exchange rate between U.S. dollar and South Korean won, left, at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)Currency traders celebrate as they work in the office with a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), center, of over 5,000 points at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)Trader Michale Smyth works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange as President Donald Trump speaks at the World Economic Forum, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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Currency traders celebrate as they work in the office with a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), center top, of over 5,000 points at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)