Wednesday, July 18, 2007

South Korea's Kospi Advances; Chemical Makers, Daewoo Engineering Climb

(Bloomberg) -- South Korean stocks gained. Chemicals
makers advanced after LG Chem Ltd. reported quarterly profit that
beat estimates, and Honam Petrochemical Corp. announced a joint
venture with Qatar to build a $2.6 billion chemical plant.

``LG Chem's earnings were good across all of its
businesses,'' said Oh Hyun Jung, who helps manage $10.9 billion
at Daehan Investment Trust Management Co. in Seoul. ``Honam's
contract has shown the market that they're really going through
with this, which will help cut costs and increase production
significantly.''


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