Previous close | 2,559.74 |
Open | 2,544.81 |
Volume |
Day's range | 2,514.96 - 2,549.63 |
52-week range | 2,134.77 - 2,668.21 |
Avg. volume | 527,392 |
On Tuesday, South Korean stocks opened slightly higher as investors approached with caution ahead of the U.S. Federal Reserve's rate-setting meeting scheduled for later this week. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) added 2.56 points, or 0.1 percent, to 2,577.28 in the first 15 minutes of trading.
Bitcoin dipped into the red ahead of this week's Federal Reserve interest rate meeting.
Bitcoin soared to breach the $28,000 mark, as the banking sector took another confidence hit after Credit Suisse was bought by UBS in a Swiss government-brokered deal.