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SEOUL, March 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks closed 3.29 percent higher

Today (%) Previous Session (%) Change (%P)

1-year TB 2.44 2.47 -0.03

SEOUL, March 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks closed 3.29 percent higher
Wednesday as investors were buoyed by expectations of rising corporate investment

SEOUL, March 4 (Yonhap) -- Dividend payouts by listed companies in South Korea
tumbled more than 25 percent in 2008 from a year earlier due to their lackluster

DaeguBk 5,800 UP 250
LS 63,000 UP 2,400
LotteChilsung 767,000 0
SKChem 36,700 UP 2,200

HANMISemi 3,155 UP 105
DWEC 8,250 UP 240
DWIC 19,350 UP 1,700
DongwonF&B 26,800 UP 900

STXEngine 16,350 UP 2,100
GS 24,600 UP 850
KUMHOTIRE 3,535 UP 65
DAEWOONG PHARM 47,050 DN 1,750

HankookTire 12,800 UP 150
HyundaiSecu 9,120 UP 490
Dongbu HiTek 3,450 UP 110
KumhoPetrochem 17,500 UP 1,400

SEOUL, March 4 (Yonhap) -- Wednesday's closing prices (KRW) of
KOSPI 200 stocks traded on the main Korea Stock Exchange.

By Lee Joon-seung
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