SEOUL: Seoul shares on Thursday rose for a fourth straight session to a near two-month high, after choppy trading, helped by foreign buying in local equities.
The Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) ended up 0.7 per cent at 2,019.53 points, retreating slightly from a near two-month intraday high of 2,020.19. On a weekly basis, the KOSPI gained 2.5 per cent. South Korean markets will be closed on Friday for a public holiday.