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Seoul shares open higher

Xinhua, January 8, 2015 Adjust font size:

Seoul shares opened higher on Thursday.

The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) rose 11. 86 points, or 0.63 percent, to trade at 1,895.69 in the first 15 minutes of trading.

The South Korean currency was quoted at 1,096.50 won against the U.S. dollar as of 9:15 a.m., up 3.4 won from Wednesday's close. Endi