South Korean Stocks Climb 0.7%

Dow Jones08-11

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Stocks in South Korea rose Tuesday, as the Kospi Composite Index added 0.7% to 6345.53.

Among local companies with a market cap of at least 10 trillion South Korean won ($7.06 billion), Samsung SDS was the biggest leader during the session, jumping 6.5%, and Celltrion surged 4.7%. Samsung Electronics rounded out the top three movers, as shares increased 4.1%.

Korea Aerospace Inds was the biggest laggard, tumbling 12%, followed by shares of LIG Defense&Aerospace, which tumbled 7.7%. Shares of Alteogen tumbled 5.9%.

In other parts of Asia, stock indexes were down. Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index fell 1.1% and China's Shanghai Composite Index fell 0.8%.

On the currency front, the WSJ Dollar Index held steady at 96.19. The dollar weakened 0.1% against the won to 1,416.70 won.

In the bond markets, the 10-year South Korean government bond yield increased 6 basis points to 4.310%.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet

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