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Seoul shares open firm, autos gain on support plan

Sun Apr 12, 2009 8:06pm EDT

SEOUL, April 13 (Reuters) - Seoul shares rose on Monday as auto issues were lifted by government support measures, but gains were limited following their latest rally and as a long weekend on Wall Street gave the market little direction.

The Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) was up 0.05 percent at 1,336.65 points as of 0002 GMT.

(Reporting by Jungyoun Park; Editing by Jonathan Hopfner)



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