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The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.4 percent, and the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index dropped 0.3 percent.<\/p>\n<p>In Seoul, market heavyweights led the bullish beginning.<\/p>\n<p>Top-cap Samsung Electronics rose 1.92 percent, and No. 2 SK hynix jumped 2.13 percent.<\/p>\n<p>Leading battery maker LG Energy Solution advanced 0.72 percent, and top carmaker Hyundai Motor went up 1.25 percent.<\/p>\n<p>Naver, the country&#8217;s No. 1 online portal operator, increased 0.59 percent, and leading mobile carrier SK Telecom gained 1.31 percent.<\/p>\n<p>The local currency was trading at 1,338.15 won against the U.S. dollar, up 3.95 won from the previous session&#8217;s close.<\/p>\n<p>Source: Yonhap News Agency<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> SEOUL, South Korean stocks got off to a strong start Tuesday despite overnight losses on Wall Street.<\/p>\n<p>The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) added 32.49 points, or 1.19 percent, to 2,770.06 in the first 15 minutes of trading.<\/p>\n<p>The U&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Seoul shares start higher despite U.S. losses - Myanmar Newswire<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/myanmarnewswire.com\/seoul-shares-start-higher-despite-u-s-losses\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Seoul shares start higher despite U.S. losses - Myanmar Newswire\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"SEOUL, South Korean stocks got off to a strong start Tuesday despite overnight losses on Wall Street. 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