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Seoul shares open lower

Xinhua, August 10, 2015 Adjust font size:

Seoul shares opened lower on Monday.

The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) fell 3. 59 points, or 0.18 percent, to trade at 2,006.64 in the first 15 minutes of trading.

The South Korean currency was quoted at 1,166.6 won against the U.S. dollar as of 9:15 a.m., down 0.3 won from Friday's close. Endi