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  "id": 7689902,
  "title": "Seoul shares turn higher late Wednesday morning on tech gains",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/seoul-shares-turn-higher-late-wednesday-morning-on-tech-gains-7689902",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-16T03:02:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/economy/20260916/seoul-shares-turn-higher-late-wednesday-morning-on-tech-gains"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Seoul shares experienced a late morning rally, driven by gains in technology stocks, as investors remained cautious ahead of the U.S. Federal Reserve's interest rate decision. The Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) rose 0.2 percent to 6,640.47 by 11:20 a.m., after initially opening 0.24 percent lower. Institutional investors bought a net 388.99 billion won worth of shares, while foreign and retail investors offloaded a net 922.78 billion won and 126.95 billion won worth of shares, respectively. The U.S. stock market saw declines overnight, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.63 percent and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite losing 0.78 percent. Additionally, a key Saudi oil pipeline was hit in an attack and went offline, and tensions in the Middle East, including Yemen's Houthi rebels seizing more islands in the Red Sea, caused Brent crude futures to rise over 2 percent to above $108 a barrel.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "Seoul shares turn higher late Wed. morning on tech gains",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/seoul-shares-turn-higher-late-wed-morning-on-tech-gains",
        "published": "2026-09-16T02:34:33.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Seoul shares turn higher late Wednesday morning on tech gains",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/seoul-shares-turn-higher-late-wednesday-morning-on-tech-gains",
        "published": "2026-09-16T02:52:03.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}