A currency trader passes by screens in Hana Bank's trading room in central Seoul showing the stock and foreign exchange market on Thursday. [AP/YONHAP] Stocks finished lower on profit-taking by institutional investors amid lingering woes on rate hikes. In the currency market, the won fell against the dollar. The benchmark Kospi fell 8.01 points, or 0.31 percent, to close at 2,600.23. Trading volume was moderate at 362.59 million shares worth 9.3 trillion won ($7.3 billion), with gainers outpacing decliners 446 to 417.

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