Seoul shares open higher on overnight Wall Street gains amid Iran hope

South Korean stocks opened slightly higher Friday following the previous session's sharp rise, tracking overnight gains on Wall Street amid rising hopes for a diplomatic resolution to the conflict between the United States and Iran.

After starting 0.74 percent higher, the benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index trimmed earlier gains to edge up 2.71 points, or 0.03 percent, to 7,818,3 as of 9:15 a.m. Overnight, US stocks advanced after Iran said the latest proposal from the US partly bridged