Seoul shares open higher following Wall Street gains

Published : Apr 21, 2016 - 10:31 Updated : Apr 21, 2016 - 10:31

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South Korean share prices opened higher on Thursday, tracking overnight gains in Wall Street.

The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index gained 0.55 percent, or 10.99 points, to 2,016.82 in the first 15 minutes of trading.

Traders monitor Seoul share prices at a local bank. (Yonhap)

Hyundai Motor, POSCO and AmorePacific rose, while Samsung Electronics and Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering fell.

Overnight, the Dow Jones industrial average closed 0.24 percent higher at 18,096.27 points, while the Nasdaq Composite index rose 0.16 percent at 4,948.13 points.

(khnews@heraldcorp.com)