Seoul shares open higher ahead of Nvidia results
Seoul shares opened higher Tuesday, tracking overnight gains on Wall Street, as investors await earnings results from AI chip leader Nvidia and other US tech firms.
The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index rose 19.92 points, or 0.8 percent, to 2,511.12 in the first 15 minutes of trading.
Overnight, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.6 percent to 35,151.04, and the tech-rich NASDAQ added 1.1 percent to 14,284.53.
Nvidia is set to release quarterly results on Tuesday on the back of strong demand for generative AI.
In Seoul, tech, auto and energy stocks led gains.
Market bellwether Samsung Electronics rose 0.6 percent, No. 2 chipmaker SK hynix climbed 1.3 percent, top carmaker Hyundai Motor gained 0.3 percent and leading car battery maker LG Energy Solution was up 0.6 percent.
Among decliners, the country's sole aircraft manufacturer Korea Aerospace Industries fell 0.3 percent and leading cosmetics firm Amorepacific shed 0.4 percent.
The local currency was trading at 1,287.25 won against the US dollar, up 4.4 won from the previous session's close. (Yonhap)
(责任编辑:건강)
下一篇:[Korea Beyond Korea] Chae Man
- ·Arrest warrant issued for ex
- ·N. Korea vows military action after US missile test
- ·Hyundai, Kia report robust EV US sales, shrug off impact of IRA
- ·Following an Israeli airstrike, crowded Gaza hospital struggles to treat wounded children
- ·Catch fleeting fall foliage with exciting outdoor activities
- ·Bedbug reports cause jitters across S. Korea
- ·Samsung files complaint in US against BOE for allegedly leaking trade secrets
- ·Japan returns favor again by flying 15 Korean nationals out of Israel
- ·Yoon replaces 6 ministers ahead of his 3rd year, general election
- ·Fifty Fifty’s agency terminates contract with 3 of 4 group members
- ·Looming election has Yoon advocating harder for everyday South Koreans
- ·S. Korea to hold remembrance ceremony for independence fighter at center of ideological dispute
- ·Korean War veteran’s daughter named veterans affairs minister
- ·Touting historic ties with Saudi Arabia, Yoon calls for new partnership for growth
- ·Concerns grow over rise of fall webworm
- ·AmCham delegation to visit Washington this week
- ·Buddhists, political leaders bid farewell to late Ven. Jaseung
- ·N. Korea blames US for instigating Israel
- ·National Theater of Korea's 50th year to close with 'Song of King Sejong'
- ·S. Korea to hold remembrance ceremony for independence fighter at center of ideological dispute
- ·Korean Air to retain Asiana workers after takeover: sources
- ·'The Boys' director says blending fact, fiction necessary to deliver message
- ·P1Harmony expands reach in US with iHeartRadio Jingle Ball Tour
- ·Concerns grow over rise of fall webworm
- ·[New on scene] Lee Jun
- ·Lotte aquarium, activists battle over release of beluga whale
- ·[Today’s K
- ·Concerns grow over rise of fall webworm