Seoul shares plunge 7.5 pct on econ fears

Thu Oct 23, 2008 3:20am EDT 

 Retail investors bought a net 139 billion won.
 Decliners outnumbered advancers by 807 to 57, with 28 titles
ending flat.
 Trade volume stood at 394 million shares worth 5.3 trillion
won compared with 367 million shares worth 5.2 trillion won on
Wednesday.
 The KOSPI 200 December futures index KSZ8 lost 6.00 points
to 139.50 and the KOSPI 200 spot index .KS200 shed 10.66 points
to 137.47. The junior Kosdaq .KQ11 fell 7.92 percent to 308.95
points.
          Move on day               -7.48 percent
          12-month high  2,085.45      1 NOV 2007
          12-month low   1,028.50     23 OCT 2008
          Change on yr                -45 percent
          All time high  2,085.45      1 NOV 2007
          All time low      93.10     06 JAN 1981
 (Editing by Jonathan Hopfner)
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