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Seoul shares open higher led by banks, exporters
Reuters - Thursday, August 28
SEOUL, Aug 28 - Seoul shares opened higher on Thursday, with surprisingly strong U.S. durable goods data soothing fears about South Korea's second biggest export market, while a rally in Wall Street financials boosted banking issues.
The Korea Composite Stock Price Index <.KS11> was up 0.66 percent at 1,503.74 points as of 0004 GMT.
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