SsangyongCement 6,790 DN 210
HyundaiSecu 11,150 DN 100
HHICHoldings 13,650 UP 350
KAL 38,400 DN 900

SamsungFineChem 41,250 UP 950
BUSANBANK 6,370 DN 120
Youngpoong 625,000 UP 8,000
LotteChilsung 840,000 DN 21,000

KBFinancialGroup 38,200 DN 1,900
SK ENERGY 79,500 DN 4,700
PACIFIC 95,600 DN 4,000
HyundaiMtr 47,900 DN 2,000

SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Yonhap) -- Thursday's closing prices (KRW) of
KOSPI 200 stocks traded on the main Korea Stock Exchange.

(ATTN: CORRECTS money unit in 6th para)
SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's finance ministry Thursday dismissed as

KOSDAQ 356.52 UP 0.39 points (close)
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KOSPI 1,205.70 DN 22.47 points (close)
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Dollar ends at 1,333.0 won UP from 1,292.5 won
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By Nam Kwang-sik
SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Yonhap) -- Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co., South Korea's

SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's finance ministry Thursday dismissed as
"groundless" a local media report that the government is seeking to remove a