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Seoul shares open lower

Xinhua, December 22, 2015 Adjust font size:

Seoul shares opened lower on Tuesday with the benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index falling 3.36 points, or 0.17 percent, to trade at 1,978.83 in the first 15 minutes of trading.

The South Korean currency was quoted at 1,177.2 won against the U.S. dollar as of 9:15 a.m., up 0.4 won from Monday's close. Enditem