[SEOUL] South Korean shares ended lower on Wednesday as US President Donald Trump escalated trade tensions with China, while Japan's export curbs added to worries over bleak corporate earnings. Read more at The Business Times.
South Korean shares ended lower on Wednesday as US President Donald Trump escalated trade tensions with China, while Japan's export curbs added to worries over bleak corporate earnings.[SEOUL] South Korean shares ended lower on Wednesday as US President Donald Trump escalated trade tensions with China, while Japan's export curbs added to worries over bleak corporate earnings.
In earlier trade, the benchmark index dropped as low as 2010.95, marking its lowest intraday level since early January. The Seoul stock market's main KOSPI index ended down 14.13 points or 0.69 per cent at 2,024.55. For the month, the index fell almost 5 per cent. The KOSPI has fallen 0.81 per cent so far this year, but lost 2.9 per cent in the previous 30 trading sessions.
The trading volume during the session on the KOSPI index was 577.91 million shares and, of the total traded issues of 893, the number of advancing shares was 465.
Singapore Latest News, Singapore Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
South Korea: Stocks bounce back; Fed in focus[SEOUL] South Korean shares climbed on Tuesday recouping some of the previous day's sharp losses, but uncertainties remained high amid a worsening diplomatic and economic spat with Japan, ahead of the US Federal Reserve's policy meeting. Read more at The Business Times.
Read more »
British warship arrives to protect Hormuz as South Korea mulls over deploying its ownLONDON/SEOUL (BLOOMBERG) - Efforts to secure safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz are ramping up as the United Kingdom said a second warship arrived in the area and South Korea may deploy its own unit as part of a multinational force.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Read more »
Show me the money: South Korea football fans to sue over Ronaldo benchingSEOUL: More than 2,000 South Korean football fans will sue a sports agency after superstar Cristiano Ronaldo stayed on the bench when his Juventus ...
Read more »
Asiana feels chill in air travel from frosty South Korea-Japan tiesSEOUL — South Korea's Asiana Airlines said on Tuesday (July 30) it plans to switch to smaller planes for some of its Japan routes starting September due to declining demand amid a worsening diplomatic and economic row between South Korea and Japan.
Read more »
North Korean projectiles were ballistic missiles, flew about 250km: South Korea militaryThe latest launches were from the Hodo peninsula on North Korea's east coast, the same area from where last week's were conducted, South Korean military's Joint Chiefs of Staff said.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Read more »