De Seoul aandelenmarkt daalde vanwege verhoogde olieprijzen en de escalatie in het Midden-Oosten. De technologie-aandelen zorgden voor een belangrijk deel voor deze daling.
Seoul shares opened lower Monday, as losses in technology stocks weighed on the market amid inflation concerns stoked by elevated oil prices and the escalating Middle East crisis. After opening 0.72 percent lower, the benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index fell 83.72 points, or 1.26 percent, to 6,542.21 as of 9:15 a.m. The decline came despite overnight gains on Wall Street. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.83 percent on Friday, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite climbed 0.64 perc