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Seoul shares open lower

Xinhua, October 27, 2015 Adjust font size:

Seoul shares opened lower on Tuesday.

The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) lost 9.93 points, or 0.48 percent, to trade at 2,038.15 in the first 15 minutes of trading.

The South Korean currency was quoted at 1,130.8 won against the U.S. dollar as of 9:15 a.m. local time, up 3.0 won from Monday's close. Enditem