Seoul shares open 2.4 pct lower on U.S. jitters

Sun Nov 1, 2009 7:06pm EST
 
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SEOUL, Nov 2 (Reuters) - Seoul shares opened 2.4 percent lower on Monday after big falls on Wall Street, with losses led by key blue chips including POSCO (005490.KS) and LG Electronics (066570.KS).

The Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) was down 1.95 percent at 1,549.79 points as of 0003 GMT.

(Reporting by Jungyoun Park; Editing by Jonathan Hopfner)

 

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