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The Korea Herald
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THE INVESTOR
March 29, 2024

Stocks & Bonds

Seoul shares open lower on Jan. 20

  • PUBLISHED :January 20, 2017 - 09:43
  • UPDATED :January 20, 2017 - 09:48
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[THE INVESTOR] South Korean stocks started lower on Jan. 20, with the benchmark KOSPI dipping 4.03 points, or 0.19 percent, to 2,068.76 in the first 15 minutes of trading.

At the Seoul bourse, most large caps were off to a weak start.

Market bellwether Samsung Electronics lost 1.07 percent, while global chipmaker SK hynix also was up 0.50 percent.

Leading automaker Hyundai Motor shed 0.66 percent and state-run utility firm Korea Electric Power Corp. dropped 0.23 percent. Top steelmaker POSCO also fell 1.98 percent.

The South Korean currency was trading at 1,175.80 won against the US dollar, up 1.80 won from the previous session’s close.

(theinvestor@heraldcorp.com)

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