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Seoul shares open higher

Xinhua,December 22, 2017 Adjust font size:

SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Xinhua) -- Seoul shares opened slightly higher Friday.

The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) inched up 0.06 points, 0.01 percent, to trade at 2,429.89 in the first 15 minutes of trading.

South Korea's currency was quoted at 1,080.8 won against the U.S. dollar as of 9:15 a.m., up 1.9 won from the previous close. Enditem