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Seoul shares open lower; financials drag

Sun Jul 6, 2008 8:07pm EDT

SEOUL, July 7 (Reuters) - Seoul shares opened lower on Monday continuing their downward run after seven straight losing sessions, with financials down on fresh credit worries after bearish comments by a U.S. brokerge, with easier oil lending little support.

The Korea Composite Stock Price Index was down 0.65 percent to 1,567.68 points as of 0004 GMT.

(Reporting by Park Jung-youn; editing by Keiron Henderson)



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