Shares opened slightly higher Friday, following the upward trend from Wall Street’s overnight gains.
The benchmark Kospi added 4.09 points, or 0.16 percent, to 2,613.39 in the first 15 minutes of trading.
Overnight, the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 0.37 percent to close at 43,239.05, marking a new high for a second consecutive session on reports of better-than-anticipated consumer spending.
The U.S. Department of Commerce reported that the value of retail sales increased 0.4 percent from a month earlier in September, rising from 0.1 percent on-month growth the previous month and beating market expectations of a 0.3 percent increase.
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