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Seoul shares opened lower Tuesday as investors remain cautious ahead of the US Federal Reserve's rate decision this week.
The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index fell 14.97 points, or 0.6 percent, to 2,474.00 in the first 15 minutes of trading.
The US central bank is widely expected to cut interest rates for a third straight meeting on Wednesday.
In Seoul, large-cap stocks were mixed.
Market behemoth Samsung Electronics fell 1.62 percent, leading carmaker Hyundai Motor declined 0.47 percent and leading battery maker LG Energy Solution shed 2.26 percent.
Among gainers, No. 2 chipmaker SK hynix rose 1.9 percent, No. 2 carmaker Kia climbed 0.52 percent and shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries was up 0.06 percent.
The local currency was trading at 1,437.45 won against the US dollar at 9:15 a.m., down 2.45 won from the previous session. (Yonhap)
