Kospi rises as tech and battery heavyweights lead gains
![Screens in Hana Bank's trading room in central Seoul show the stock market price as it opens on Monday. [YONHAP]](https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2024/03/25/ff24943f-b473-402d-b978-418dcaf3b1e2.jpg)
Screens in Hana Bank's trading room in central Seoul show the stock market price as it opens on Monday. [YONHAP]
The Kospi added 8.46 points, or 0.31 percent, to reach 2,757.02 in the first 15 minutes of trading.
Tech and battery heavyweights led the upbeat start.
Samsung Electronics rose 0.51 percent and SK hynix increased 1.53 percent.
LG Energy Solution edged up 0.12 percent, and Samsung SDI went up 2.75 percent.
However, Naver fell 0.9 percent and Lotte Shopping lost 0.81 percent.
The local currency was trading at 1,343.5 won against the dollar, up 5.1 won from the previous session's close.
BY LEE SOO-JUNG [lee.soojung1@joongang.co.kr]
with the Korea JoongAng Daily
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