Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Seoul shares open lower; tech issues lead decline

SEOUL (Dec 14): Seoul shares opened lower on Wednesday as the U.S. Federal Reserve left investors wanting by providing no signs of a new stimulus measures in its last policy meeting of the year.

Early losses were led by TECHNOLOGY [] shares, with Samsung Electronics Co Ltd down 2.1 percent and LG Display Co Ltd shedding 1.65 percent.

The Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) was down 0.45 percent at 1,855.73 points as of 0001 GMT. - Reuters

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