Seoulse aandelen daalden onder invloed van stijgende olieprijzen en escalatie in het Midden-Oosten, wat inflatie- en marktreeksen verzwakt.
Seoul shares opened lower Thursday, tracking Wall Street losses, as surging oil prices caused by intensifying tensions in the Middle East fueled inflation concerns ahead of key US inflation data. After opening 0.18 percent lower, the benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (Kospi) extended losses, trading down 20.11 points, or 0.29 percent, to 7,031.53 as of 9:15 a.m. Overnight, US stocks ended lower amid escalating tensions in the Middle East and rising oil prices. The Dow Jones Industrial