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Seoul shares open lower

Xinhua, April 20, 2017 Adjust font size:

Seoul shares opened lower on Thursday.

The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) lost 1.65 points, or 0.08 percent, to trade at 2,136.75 in the first 15 minutes of trading.

South Korea's currency was quoted at 1,144.1 won against the U.S. dollar as of 9:15 a.m., down 3.9 won from the previous close. Enditem