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Seoul shares inched up early Tuesday to hit their highest intraday level in almost two
weeks as index giant Samsung Electronics rose on bargain-hunting, but gains were capped
before the new U.S. central bank chief speaks to
Congress. As of 1:30 p.m. Korea time, the benchmark
KOSPI was trading up nearly one-half a percent at 19-32 - its highest since end of January.
The tech-heavy KOSDAQ was trading nearly flat while on the foreign exchange counter, the
Korean currency was trading weaker against the greenback at 1-thousand-and-72 won flat.