Gold and silver bars have recorded historic sales this year.
Gold bar sales at five major Korean banks, KB Kookmin, Shinhan, Hana, Woori and NH, totaled about 677.9 billion won ($470 million) this year, nearly quadrupling from the previous year, according to local news reports Sunday.
Silver bar sales at four banks, excluding Hana Bank, which does not sell them, reached 30.6 billion won, about 38 times higher than last year’s 799 million won.
shinjh@heraldcorp.com
