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Korea Hot Stocks-SK Broadband rallies on merger talk
Reuters - Wednesday, May 19
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SEOUL, May 19 - As of 0030 GMT, the main KOSPI <.KS11> was down 1.79 percent at 1,613.84 points. The index opened at 1,621.32 points.
Stocks on the move on Wednesday include:
**SK BROADBAND RALLIES ON MERGER TALK**
Shares in SK Broadband <033630.KQ> rose as much as 4.3 percent on Wednesday amid market talk of a merger with its affilliate and the country's largest mobile carrier, SK Telecom <017670.KS>.
"The merger seems imperative as the company needs to raise its competitiveness," said Kim Shi-woo, analyst at Korea Investments & Securities.
Both SK Broadband and SK Telecom denied the rumour.
Shares in SK Broadband were up 2.47 percent as of 0047 GMT.
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