SEOUL (Reuters) – Shares of South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co Ltd opened sharply higher on Thursday on the news that it will buy back $2 billion (1.27 billion pounds) of its own stock.
Samsung shares were up 5.8 percent as of 0002 GMT after opening 6 percent higher. Samsung announced the buyback plan, its first since 2007, after market close on Wednesday.
(Reporting by Se Young Lee; Editing by Stephen Coates)
Samsung Electronics shares up sharply on $2 billion share buyback plan
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