Seoul stocks fall to 3-month low on currency woes
SEOUL, March 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks closed 4.16 percent lower Monday
as a steep fall in the local currency prompted massive foreign selling, analysts
Won hits 11-year low against dollar amid dollar shortage woes
(ATTN: RECASTS headline, lead; UPDATES with market close and more details from para 2)
SEOUL, March 2 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean currency dipped to an 11-year low
KOSPI 200 Closing Price List-5
IlsungPharm 60,200 DN 1,800
TaekwangInd 633,000 DN 57,000
HanilCement 56,300 DN 3,100
SsangyongCement 4,910 DN 390
KOSPI 200 Closing Price List-4
GS 24,200 DN 1,300
KC COTTRELL 8,380 DN 620
SamsungTechwin 32,600 UP 2,150
Hyundai Dvp Co 26,700 DN 1,900
KOSPI 200 Closing Price List-3
DongwhaPharm 36,500 DN 1,100
CheilWorldwide 142,000 DN 12,500
KT 37,450 0
KPXFINECHEMICAL 26,200 DN 2,200
KOSPI 200 Closing Price List-2
Daesang 4,100 DN 440
ORION 136,500 DN 13,500
KBFinancialGroup 28,100 DN 1,300
Huchems 18,600 DN 1,150
KOSPI 200 Closing Price List-1
SEOUL, March 2 (Yonhap) -- Monday's closing prices (KRW) of
KOSPI 200 stocks traded on the main Korea Stock Exchange.
S. Korea`s trade surplus may reach US$20 bln:gov`t
By Lee Joon-seung
SEOUL, March 2 (Yonhap) -- The government said Monday that weak international
energy prices and favorable exchange rates could allow the country to post a
S. Korea's industrial output sinks record 25.6 pct in Jan.
SEOUL, March 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's industrial output contracted at the sharpest pace on record in January, adding to concerns that the nation's economy is slipping into a recession at a faste
NK-UNC talks on border tension reduction ends
SEOUL, March 2 (Yonhap) -- The first talks between North Korean and the U.S.-led United Nations Command (UNC) in nearly seven years ended in a few hours on Monday, a UNC spokesman said, but the res
