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Seoul shares drop 4 pct;export worry weighs on techs

Tue Nov 18, 2008 3:30am EST
 Institutional investors sold a net 200.7 billion won worth
of shares and foreign investors sold a net 166.4 billion won.
Retail investors bought a net 362 billion won.
 Trade volume stood at 372 million shares worth 4.08 trillion
won on Tuesday, compared with Monday's 406 million shares worth
4.7 trillion won.
 Decliners led advancers 648 to 175, with 65 titles ending
flat.
 The KOSPI 200 December futures index KSZ8 dropped 5.85
points to 134.50 and the KOSPI 200 spot index .KS200 fell 5.69
points to 134.88. The junior Kosdaq .KQ11 lost 3.09 percent to
close at 305.26 points.
          Move on day               -3.91 percent
          12-month high  1,972.37      6 DEC 2007
          12-month low     892.16     27 OCT 2008
          Change on yr              -45.4 percent
          All time high  2,085.45      1 NOV 2007
          All time low      93.10     06 JAN 1981
 (Editing by Keiron Henderson)
































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