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Market heavyweight Samsung Electronics surged 3.31 percent and chip rival SK hynix jumped 4.27 percent.<\/p>\n<p>Battery shares and energy shares also gained traction. Leading battery company LG Energy Solution rose 3.11 percent and top refiner SK Innovation climbed 3.41 percent.<\/p>\n<p>The local currency was trading at 1,371.85 won against the greenback, up 6.45 won from the previous session&#8217;s close.<\/p>\n<p>Source: Yonhap News Agency<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> South Korean stocks opened stronger Wednesday as investors snapped up blue chips across the board following overnight gains on Wall Street.<\/p>\n<p>The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index climbed up 46.43 points, or 1.77 percent, to 2,669.45 in the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Seoul shares open sharply higher on U.S. stock gains - Myanmar News Gazette<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/myanmarnewsgazette.com\/seoul-shares-open-sharply-higher-on-u-s-stock-gains-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Seoul shares open sharply higher on U.S. stock gains - Myanmar News Gazette\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"South Korean stocks opened stronger Wednesday as investors snapped up blue chips across the board following overnight gains on Wall Street. 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