0019 GMT - South Korea's Kospi is 0.6% higher at 2985.23 in early trade, led by biotech, electronics and shipbuilding stocks. Foreign and retail investors remain net buyers. Index heavyweight Samsung Electronics is 0.7% higher. Biotech company Celltrion Inc. jumps 5.6% after the European Commission granted its Covid-19 antibody treatment marketing approval. Its local peer Samsung Biologics gains 1.9%. Memory-chip maker SK Hynix advances 3.3%. Apple supplier and camera-module maker LG Innotek climbs 4.1%. Asiana Airlines adds 2.1% ahead of its 3Q earnings release later in the day. Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering is 1.4% higher.(kwanwoo.jun@wsj.com)
Korea's Kospi 0.6% Higher, Led by Biotech, Electronics Stocks -- Market Talk
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