Seoul shares fall after rally; exporters down

SEOUL, Sept 2 | Tue Sep 1, 2009 8:09pm EDT

SEOUL, Sept 2 (Reuters) - Seoul shares declined on Wednesday after hitting a fresh 13-month high on Tuesday and following losses overnight on Wall Street, with exporters including Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) and Hyundai Motor (005380.KS) retreating.

As of 0004 GMT, the Korea Composite Stock Price Index .KS11 (KOSPI) was down 1.63 percent at 1,596.67 points.

(Reporting by Jungyoun Park; Editing by Jonathan Hopfner)

Related Quotes and News

Company
Price
Related News
Comments (0)
This discussion is now closed. We welcome comments on our articles for a limited period after their publication.