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Seoul shares open lower

Xinhua, May 21, 2015 Adjust font size:

Seoul shares opened lower on Thursday.

The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) fell 2. 95 points, or 0.14 percent, to trade at 2,136.59 in the first 15 minutes of trading.

The South Korean currency was quoted at 1,094.95 won against the U.S. dollar as of 9:15 a.m. local time, up 1.05 won from Wednesday's close. Endi