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Seoul stocks open sharply higher despite faltering hopes for US-Iran peace talks
April 27, 2026
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Seoul stocks opened sharply higher Monday despite hopes of a breakthrough between the United States and Iran faltering further over the weekend. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index rose 69.95 points, or 1.08 percent, to 6,545.58 in the first 15 minutes of trading. Soon after the market's opening, the index once hit a fresh intraday record of 6,557.78 points.
On Friday stock indexes on Wall Street closed mixed, as investors pinned hopes that peace talks between the US and Iran will ma
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