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South Korean shares open flat

SEOUL : South Korean shares opened flat on Thursday after a mixed trading day on Wall Street. The benchmark KOSPI ind
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The benchmark KOSPI index opened 0.85 points, or 0.04 percent, lower at 1,891.82.

Samsung Electronics, South Korea's biggest company by value, lost 1.33 percent and major steelmaker POSCO tumbled 1.1 percent after the open.

 

Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2011