WooriFinance 12,250 0
Yuhan 182,000 DN 1,500
SAMSUNG CARD 45,800 0
LGCHEM 139,000 UP 500

SEOUL, July 17 (Yonhap) -- Friday's closing prices (KRW) of
KOSPI 200 stocks traded on the main Korea Stock Exchange.

KOSPI 1,440.10 UP 7.88 points (close)
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Dollar ends at 1,259.5 won DN from 1,265.7 won
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SEOUL, July 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks inched up late Friday morning as
investors locked in profits from a strong start, burdened by recent rallies,
analysts said.

SEOUL, July 17 (Yonhap) -- The Korea Interbank Offered Rates (KORIBOR) as posted
by Yonhap Infomax, the financial news and information arm of Yonhap News Agency,
at 11:00 a.m.

KOSDAQ 485.62 UP 3.34 points (open)
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KOSPI 1,443.49 UP 11.27 points (open)
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Dollar opens at 1,262.0 won DN from 1,265.7 won
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By Lee Joon-seung
SEOUL, July 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will highly likely postpone its first
space rocket launch scheduled for late this month due to technical complications,