Seoul stocks open higher on US gains

South Korean stocks opened higher Wednesday, tracking overnight gains on Wall Street led by strong US economic data and robust tech shares. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index added 15.5 points, or 0.38 percent, to 4,132.82 in the first 15 minutes of trading. Overnight, major US indexes ended higher, following reports of stronger-than-expected growth in the world's largest economy and a bullish run of blue-chip tech shares. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.16 percent, while t