Electronic display boards at Hana Bank in central Seoul show stock and foreign exchange markets Friday. [YONHAP]〉 Stocks opened higher Friday, tracking an overnight surge on Wall Street as investors shook off hotter-than-expected inflation data and bet price increases would soon peak. The Kospi added 34.03 points, or 1.57 percent, to 2,196.90 in the first 15 minutes of trading. Overnight, Wall Street made a remarkable turnaround to close higher, after plunging significantly earlier in the session, as investors shrugged off persistently higher-than-expected consumer price growth.

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