S. KOREAN STOCKS END LOW OVER DUMPING OF LOCAL SHARES

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• S. Korean stocks end low over dumping of local shares.
• The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) dropped 47.77 points.
• Samsung Electronics stocks fell down 1.48 percent to 80,000 won.
• Naver stocks...

S. KOREAN STOCKS LIKELY TO TRADE LOW NEXT WEEK

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• S. Korean stocks likely to trade low next week.
• Retail investors in the country pared down their net buying of local stocks in February.
• The same snapped up a net 5.8 trillion won (US$5.24 billion) worth of stocks.
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SEOUL STOCKS START THE WEEK ON POSITIVE NOTE

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• KOSPI went up by 8.95 points or 0.46 percent to 1,936.23 in late Monday morning

• Most of the pharmaceutical companies including Samsung BioLogics and Celltrion saw a rise of 1.82 and 0.69 percent respectively

• Investor sentiment was larg...

S. Korean stocks decline owning to tensions in Mideast

On Wednesday, South Korean stocks declined over 1 percent owning to tensed situations growing amid the Middle East affairs, following reports that Iran fired multiple missiles at U.S. airbases in Iraq.

As a result, the benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) dropped 24.23 po...