The won-dollar exchange rate and Korea Composite Stock Price Index, or KOSPI, are displayed on a screen at a dealing room of Hana Bank in central Seoul, Wednesday. Yonhap
Korean stocks trimmed earlier losses late Wednesday morning as heavyweight technology shares turned higher despite an overnight slump on Wall Street.
In choppy trading, the benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) shed 7.37 points, or 0.1 percent, to 7,264.29 as of 11:20 a.m.
Overnight, U.S. stocks extended their decline from recent record highs as rising U.S. Treasury yields and persistent inflation concerns continued to weigh on investor sentiment.
In Seoul, large-cap shares were trading mixed.
