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Seoul shared down 0.97% in late-morning trade

Dec. 4, 2015 - 12:57 By KH디지털2

South Korean stocks traded 0.97 percent lower late Friday morning due to disappointment in the European Central Bank's stimulus step.
  

The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index lost 19.42 points to 1,974.65 as of 11:20 a.m.
  

Samsung Group shares traded in negative territory, with Samsung SDI, the group's battery-making unit, slumping 1.25 percent and Samsung C&T, its construction and trading affiliate, sinking 1.36 percent.
  

Lotte Shopping, the largest retailer, shed 1.3 percent and Shinsegae slid 2.03 percent.
  

The local currency was changing hands at 1,157.15 won against the greenback as of 11:20 a.m., up 7.45 won from Thursday's close. (Yonhap)