Seoul shares fall 1.4 pct; Hyundai Motor tumbles

Foreign investors bought a net 148.7 billion won worth of stocks and institutions offloaded a net 92.8 billion won. Retail investors sold a net 57 billion won worth of shares.

Decliners led advancers 618 to 191, with 65 counters ending unchanged.

Trading volume stood at 285 million shares worth 4.3 trillion won, compared with Friday's 268.7 million shares worth 4.7 trillion won.

The KOSPI 200 December futures index KSc1 fell 1.35 points to 204.05 while the KOSPI 200 spot index .KS200 ended down 2.56 points at 204.25.

The junior Kosdaq market .KQ11 retreated 1.48 percent to finish at 479.25 points.

Move on day -1.37 percent

12-month high 1,723.17 23 SEPT 2009

12-month low 914.02 21 NOV 2008

Change on yr +38.65 percent

All time high 2,085.45 1 NOV 2007

All time low 93.10 06 JAN 1981 (Editing by Jonahtan Hopfner and Chris Lewis)