S.Korea stocks slide to a near 6-week low on U.S. data; won slips

* Strong U.S. economic indicators pressure stocks and won

* Won down to a near 2-month low

SEOUL, May 18 (Reuters) - South Korean shares and the won

sagged on Wednesday morning, with stocks falling to their lowest

since early April, as expectations for a U.S. interest rate hike

grew on the back of strong U.S. inflation data.

The Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) was

down 0.6 percent at 1,956.49 points as of 0216 GMT. It touched a

ten-week intraday low level shortly after th

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