0044 GMT - South Korea's benchmark Kospi edges 0.2% higher at 2551.70 in early trade, as battery and shipbuilding stocks advance. Retail and institutional investors are net buyers. Battery-material supplier Posco Future M rises 2.6%. Electric-vehicle battery maker LG Energy Solution adds 1.3%. Shipbuilder Hanwha Ocean gains 2.7% ahead of its quarterly earnings release later in the day. Oil refiner S-Oil is 0.6% higher after its below-consensus 1Q earnings report. USD/KRW is almost flat at 1,436.25, compared with Friday's Seoul onshore trading close of 1,436.50. South Korea's 10-year government bond yield is down 4.7 bps at 2.576%. (kwanwoo.jun@wsj.com)
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