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Seoul shares open higher

Xinhua,April 12, 2018 Adjust font size:

SEOUL, April 12 (Xinhua) -- Seoul shares opened higher Thursday.

The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) added 5.53 points, or 0.23 percent, to trade at 2,449.75 in the first 15 minutes of trading.

South Korea's currency was quoted at 1,066.0 won against the U.S. dollar as of 9:15 a.m., up 0.3 won from the previous close. Enditem