Korea Kia Motors Dec sales up 11.0 pct.

SEOUL, Jan 2 Reuters reported that Kia Motors Corp's December sales rose to 91,843 vehicles, up 11 percent from a year earlier, it said on Wednesday. South Korea's second largest automaker in sales said December exports rose 24.9 percent year on year to 60,820 units.

Its sales for 2001 totaled 990,804 units, up from 921,908 units in 2000.

Kia shares were up 2.14 percent at 9,050 won at 0354 GMT, underperforming the broader index <.KS11> which was up 3.19 percent.