Seoul shares open higher, MSCI additions up

Wed Aug 12, 2009 8:10pm EDT
 
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SEOUL, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Seoul shares opened higher on Thursday after gains on Wall Street and positive comments by the U.S. Fed, with shares added to the MSCI Korea Index .MSCIKR including Tong Yang Securities (003470.KS) getting a lift.

The Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) was up 0.69 percent at 1,576.16 points as of 0004 GMT.

(Reporting by Jungyoun Park; Editing by Jonathan Hopfner)

 

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