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Seoul shares open up as N.Korea launch ignored

Sun Apr 5, 2009 8:05pm EDT

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SEOUL, April 6 (Reuters) - Seoul shares opened higher on Monday as investors mostly shrugged off news about North Korea's launch of a long-range rocket, with gains led by technology issues including Hynix (000660.KS) and LG Display (034220.KS).

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The Korea Composite Stock Price Index was up 0.88 percent at 1,295.09 as of 0002 GMT.

(Reporting by Jungyoun Park; Editing by Jonathan Hopfner)



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