Auto, cement, spirits shares jump as S.Korea truckers end strike
15/06/2022 01:50
** Shares of South Korean companies, hit by a truckers
strike, up sharply after the union agrees to end strike
** Automakers Hyundai Motor 005380.KS up more than 3%, and
Kia Corp 000270.KS up more than 2%
** Cement companies jump, with Hanil Cement 300720.KS up
more than 4% and Asiacement 183190.KS more than 2%
** Spirits producer Hitejinro 000080.KS up more than 2%
** Seoul stock market's KOSPI .KS11 down 0.5% as of 0033
GMT
** South Korea's unionised truckers reach agreement with the
government and end strike. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2Y107I
(Reporting by Jihoon Lee)
((jihoon.lee@thomsonreuters.com;))