A financial data screen in the dealing room of Hana Bank in Seoul on Sept. 18, 2026, shows the benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index having risen 2.30 percent from the previous session to an intraday high of 6,869.80 in early trading. Seoul stocks opened sharply higher, tracking overnight gains on Wall Street as falling oil prices and the Federal Reserve's rate hike eased inflation woes. (Yonhap)

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