Home

The Korea Herald

Latest news

Most Popular

  1. 1

    Now is no time to add pressure on businesses: top executives

    Now is no time to add pressure on businesses: top executives
  2. 2

    CJ CheilJedang to spur overseas growth with new Hungary, US plants

    CJ CheilJedang to spur overseas growth with new Hungary, US plants
  3. 3

    Seoul to host winter festival from Dec. 13

    Seoul to host winter festival from Dec. 13
  4. 4

    Nationwide rail disruptions feared as union plans strike from Dec. 5

    Nationwide rail disruptions feared as union plans strike from Dec. 5
  5. 5

    Blackpink's solo journeys: Complementary paths, not competition

    Blackpink's solo journeys: Complementary paths, not competition
  1. 6

    N. Korea, Russia court softer image: From animal diplomacy to tourism

    N. Korea, Russia court softer image: From animal diplomacy to tourism
  2. 7

    Smugglers caught disguising 230 tons of Chinese black beans as diesel exhaust fluid

    Smugglers caught disguising 230 tons of Chinese black beans as diesel exhaust fluid
  3. 8

    [Today’s K-pop] Blackpink’s Jennie, Lisa invited to Coachella as solo acts

    [Today’s K-pop] Blackpink’s Jennie, Lisa invited to Coachella as solo acts
  4. 9

    Actor Song Joong-ki welcomes second child in Rome

    Actor Song Joong-ki welcomes second child in Rome
  5. 10

    Main opposition pushes to ease, not postpone, tax on crypto gains

    Main opposition pushes to ease, not postpone, tax on crypto gains
피터빈트

Korean stocks trade higher late Monday morning

By Paige Shin

Published : July 10, 2017 - 11:30

    • Link copied

South Korean stocks traded higher late Monday morning as market behemoth Samsung Electronics gathered ground on the back of its robust second-quarter earnings outlook.

The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index added 4.18 points, or 0.18 percent, to 2,384.05 as of 11:15 a.m.

(Yonhap) (Yonhap)

Tech shares continued to trade higher, with Samsung Electronics increasing 1.34 percent and No. 2 chipmaker SK hynix moving up 0.45 percent.

Top steelmaker POSCO also advanced 0.84 percent, and Korea Zinc moved up 0.11 percent. Hyundai Steel climbed 0.16 percent.

The local currency was trading at 1,150.55 won against the US dollar, up 3.75 won from the previous session's close. (Yonhap)

More from Headlines