{"id":242106,"date":"2024-03-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-27T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/taiwannewswire.com\/?guid=b33914096820c03074f7cfc044957eca"},"modified":"2024-03-27T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T00:00:00","slug":"seoul-shares-down-late-wed-morning-amid-profit-taking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/taiwannewswire.com\/seoul-shares-down-late-wed-morning-amid-profit-taking\/","title":{"rendered":"Seoul shares down late Wed. morning amid profit-taking"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n SEOUL, South Korean stocks traded lower late Wednesday morning as investors sought profits from the previous session’s sharp gain.<\/p>\n
The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index had decreased 7.01 points, or 0.25 percent, to 2,750.08 as of 11:20 a.m.<\/p>\n
Tech giant Samsung Electronics slipped 0.5 percent, while No. 2 chipmaker SK hynix gained 2.38 percent.<\/p>\n
No. 1 oil refinery SK Innovation edged down 0.08 percent, and leading chemicals maker LG Chem fell 1 percent.<\/p>\n
Bio firm Celltrion retreated 2.74 percent, and major banking group KB Financial Group dropped 0.97 percent.<\/p>\n
The local currency was trading at 1,345.15 won against the U.S. dollar, down 5.65 won from the previous session’s close.<\/p>\n
Source: Yonhap News Agency<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
SEOUL, South Korean stocks traded lower late Wednesday morning as investors sought profits from the previous session’s sharp gain.<\/p>\n
The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index had decreased 7.01 points, or 0.25 percent, to 2,750.08 as of 11:20 a….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n