Sunday, July 29, 2007

South Korea's Stocks Slide on U.S. Housing Concern; Kookmin Bank Drops

(Bloomberg) -- South Korean stocks fell for the
third day. Kookmin Bank led declines on concern a deepening U.S.
housing slump will slow the world's biggest economy and prompt
investors to shun equities for safer assets.

``The housing-market problems may have a bigger-than-
expected damping effect on the U.S. economy,'' said Kim Han Jin,
vice president of Fides Investment Management in Seoul, which
manages $1 billion in equities. ``That could continue if consumer
spending fails to offset those negatives,'' while ``people want
to cut their holdings of riskier assets in emerging markets,'' he
said.


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