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Seoul stocks open slightly higher amid earnings woes

By Yonhap

Published : Jan. 26, 2023 - 09:42

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An electronic board showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index at a dealing room of the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul on Thursday. (Yonhap) An electronic board showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index at a dealing room of the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul on Thursday. (Yonhap)

Seoul stocks opened slightly higher Thursday as investors brace for earnings reports from major companies.

The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index rose 7.26 points, or 0.3 percent, to 2,435.83 in the first 15 minutes of trading.

The local stock market opened higher despite lackluster trading on Wall Street overnight.

The S&P 500 inched down 0.02 percent, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average edged up 0.03 percent. The tech-heavy Nasdaq closed 0.18 percent lower than the previous session.

In Seoul, market bellwether Samsung Electronics was up 0.32 percent, while smaller rival SK hynix was down 0.55 percent.

Top automaker Hyundai Motor added 1.75 percent, bio firm Samsung Biologics retreated 0.5 percent, and portal operator Naver declined 0.25 percent.

The local currency had been trading at 1,231.6 won against the US dollar as of 9:15 a.m., up 0.1 won from Thursday's close. (Yonhap)

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