Seoul shares opened higher Tuesday, tracking overnight gains on Wall Street, as investors await earnings results from AI chip leader Nvidia and other US tech firms.

The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index rose 19.92 points, or 0.8 percent, to 2,511.12 in the first 15 minutes of trading.

Overnight, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.6 percent to 35,151.04, and the tech-rich NASDAQ added 1.1 percent to 14,284.53.

Nvidia is set to release quarterly results on Tuesday on the back of strong demand for generative AI.

In Seoul, tech, auto and energy stocks led gains.

Market bellwether Samsung Electronics rose 0.6 percent, No. 2 chipmaker SK hynix climbed 1.3 percent, top carmaker Hyundai Motor gained 0.3 percent and leading car battery maker LG Energy Solution was up 0.6 percent.

Among decliners, the country's sole aircraft manufacturer Korea Aerospace Industries fell 0.3 percent and leading cosmetics firm Amorepacific shed 0.4 percent.

The local currency was trading at 1,287.25 won against the US dollar, up 4.4 won from the previous session's close. (Yonhap)

• ·Hillstate Gayang flats in Daejeon to go on sale
• ·Industry minister asks refiners to use fair pricing policy amid Israel
• ·BTS' Jungkook headed to Paris as MTV EMA nominee, performer
• ·S.Korea's largest
• ·Daily Sports Hankook hopes to help stengthen Korea
• ·Industry minister asks refiners to use fair pricing policy amid Israel
• ·US toughens rules on exports of advanced computing chips to China
• ·Biden says Hamas must be eliminated, US officials warn war could escalate
• ·Hotel chief fined for safety violation in Itaewon tragedy trial
• ·Import prices rise for 3rd month on higher oil costs
• ·"위성사진까지 대조한다" 밭에서 4억원어치 보물 캐는 사람들
• ·Is Blackpink leaving YG?
• ·Criminal procedures for foreigners in Korea
• ·'2023 Box Gallery Exhibition' by Youth Impact shows art made of discarded paper
• ·Seoul shares open lower on tech, battery slump
• ·US toughens rules on exports of advanced computing chips to China