SEOUL, May 11 (Yonhap) -- Securities companies in South Korea saw their earnings
more than halve in fiscal 2008 as slumping stock markets reduced their commission

SEOUL, May 11 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks ended up 0.21 percent on Monday as
investor sentiment was lifted by eased financial woes, analysts said. The local

SamyoungElec 11,800 DN 300
SAMSUNG SDI CO.,LTD. 88,000 UP 700
KPIC 42,000 UP 2,550
DaewooSecu 23,400 DN 150

SEWON CELLONTECH 12,600 UP 100
LG FASHION 21,400 UP 400
SK ENERGY 111,000 UP 2,000
DaeduckElec 4,010 DN 55

BukwangPharm 17,600 DN 600
HanilCement 82,000 0
TaekwangInd 681,000 UP 25,000
IlsungPharm 69,700 UP 2,500

HonamPetrochem 73,900 DN 2,500
HyundaiMercMar 29,000 DN 750
HanwhaChem 11,850 DN 50
HHYSCO 10,250 DN 200

SEOUL, May 11 (Yonhap) -- Monday's closing prices (KRW) of KOSPI 200 stocks
traded on the main Korea Stock Exchange.

SEOUL, May 11 (Yonhap) -- Shinhan Bank, South Korea's second-largest lender, said
Monday it has raised US$100 million by selling dollar-denominated bonds to repay
maturing debts.

TASHKENT, May 11 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak will hold talks
with his Uzbek counterpart Islam Karimov here Monday on ways to increase

Dollar ends at 1,237.9 won DN from 1,247.0 won
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