A dealer looks at a signboard displaying the KOSPI index at Hana Bank in Seoul, Friday. Yonhap
Seoul stocks opened lower Friday as investors attempted to cash in recent gains amid escalating tensions between the United States and Iran.
The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) fell 191.3 points, or 2.7 percent, to 6,905.59 as of 9:15 a.m.
Overnight, stocks on Wall Street slipped as the war in the Middle East shows little signs of ending.
The S&P 500 fell 1.21 percent, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq dipped 2.15 percent.
