Seoul shares open lower on US losses

Seoul shares opened lower Tuesday, tracking overnight losses on Wall Street. After opening 0.95 percent lower, the benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index traded down 57.86 points, or 0.92 percent, at 6,241.8 as of 9:15 a.m. On Monday, the US stock market edged down from its all-time high the previous session as oil prices rose on uncertainty about when the Strait of Hormuz could reopen to shipping. The S&P 500 slipped 0.1 percent from its record, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average dippe