Seoul shares drop 4 pct;export worry weighs on techs
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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