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The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.08 percent, and the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite slid 0.42 percent.<\/p>\n<p>In Seoul, market heavyweights traded in mixed territory.<\/p>\n<p>Samsung Electronics, the world&#8217;s largest memory chipmaker, retreated 0.75 percent, but its chipmaking rival SK hynix added 0.91 percent.<\/p>\n<p>Top carmaker Hyundai Motor rose 1.25 percent, but its sister Kia fell 1.05 percent.<\/p>\n<p>Leading battery maker LG Energy Solution gained 1.11 percent, but leading banking group Shinhan Financial Group slumped 3.92 percent.<\/p>\n<p>The local currency was trading at 1,343.45 won against the U.S. dollar, down 3.95 won from the previous session&#8217;s close.<\/p>\n<p>Source: Yonhap News Agency<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> SEOUL, South Korean stocks opened a tad lower Wednesday, tracking overnight losses on Wall Street.<\/p>\n<p>The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) lost 6.94 points, or 0.25 percent, to 2,750.15 in the first 15 minutes of trading.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. stock&#8230;<\/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":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Seoul shares start lower on U.S. losses - Taiwan Newswire<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/taiwannewswire.com\/seoul-shares-start-lower-on-u-s-losses\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Seoul shares start lower on U.S. losses - Taiwan Newswire\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"SEOUL, South Korean stocks opened a tad lower Wednesday, tracking overnight losses on Wall Street. 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