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Seoul shares open lower

Xinhua, July 19, 2016 Adjust font size:

Seoul shares opened lower on Tuesday.

The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) lost 6.11 points, or 0.3 percent, to trade at 2,015.00 in the first 15 minutes of trading.

South Korea's currency was quoted at 1,137.80 won against the U.S. dollar as of 9:15 a.m., down 1.4 won from Monday's close. Endit