Exporters, shipyards send Seoul shares down 1.7 pct =2

Institutions picked up a net 78.35 billion won worth of shares and foreign investors offloaded a net 235.2 billion won.

Retail investors bought a net 165.5 billion won worth of shares.

Decliners led advancers 564 to 235, with 78 counters ending flat.

A total of 332.5 million shares worth 6.9 trillion won changed hands, compared with 357.4 million shares worth 7.82 trillion won traded on Wednesday.

The KOSPI 200 December futures index <KSc1> fell 5.55 points to 215.75, while the KOSPI 200 spot index <.KS200> ended down 3.81 points at 215.94.

The junior Kosdaq market <.KQ11> ended down 0.67 percent at 502.55 points.

Move on day -1.70 percent

12-month high 1,723.17 23 SEPT 2009

12-month low 892.16 27 OCT 2008

Change on yr +46.26 percent

All time high 2,085.45 1 NOV 2007

All time low 93.10 06 JAN 1981