{"id":52546,"date":"2024-03-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-28T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/myanmarnewswire.com\/?guid=6ceeaf268177b40a1866ca3b93d21152"},"modified":"2024-03-28T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T00:00:00","slug":"seoul-shares-down-slightly-in-late-morning-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myanmarnewswire.com\/seoul-shares-down-slightly-in-late-morning-trade\/","title":{"rendered":"Seoul shares down slightly in late-morning trade"},"content":{"rendered":"
\nSouth Korean stocks traded slightly lower later Thursday morning led by losses from large-cap shares, such as techs and battery makers.<\/p>\n
The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) had decreased 5.55 points, or 0.2 percent, to 2,749.56 as of 11:20 a.m.<\/p>\n
Tech giant SK hynix, the second-largest share in terms of market cap, fell 0.33 percent, and leading battery maker LG Energy Solution, the third-heaviest share on the KOSPI, lost 1.22 percent.<\/p>\n
Hyundai Mobis, an auto parts affiliate under Hyundai Motor Group, dropped 2.08 percent, and leading zinc smelter Korea Zinc declined 0.87 percent.<\/p>\n
But top-cap Samsung Electronics edged up 0.13 percent.<\/p>\n
The local currency was trading at 1,346.45 won against the U.S. dollar, up 2.15 won from the previous session’s close.<\/p>\n
Source: Yonhap News Agency<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
South Korean stocks traded slightly lower later Thursday morning led by losses from large-cap shares, such as techs and battery makers.<\/p>\n
The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) had decreased 5.55 points, or 0.2 percent, to 2,749.56 as …<\/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":"\n