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KOSPI rises, foreigners net sellers
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Korean won strengthens against dollar
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South Korea benchmark bond yield rises
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For the midday report, please click SEOUL, April 13 (Reuters) - Round-up of South Korean financial markets:
** South Korean shares rose slightly on Thursday to extend
their rally into a fifth session, recovering from early losses
on robust Chinese export data and a strengthening won.
** The benchmark KOSPI rose 11.02 points, or 0.43%,
to end at 2,561.66, bringing its accumulated gain for the five
winning sessions to 4.2%.
** Technology giant Samsung Electronics rose
0.15% and peer SK Hynix lost 1.77%, while battery
maker LG Energy Solution advanced 1.53%.
** Trading sentiment on the South Korean stock market was
also boosted when China announced its exports unexpectedly
surged in March.
** Of the total 928 issues traded, 539 of them gained.
** Foreigners were net sellers of shares worth 345.4 billion
won ($263.67 million).
** The won ended onshore trade up 1.17% at
1,310.4 per dollar, marking its fastest daily gain since March
23, partly on a central bank announcement of a swap deal with
the pension fund.
** In South Korea, a strengthening won is positive for stock
prices as its value is influenced by the status of risk appetite
among foreign investors.
** In offshore trading, the won was quoted at 1,310.3
per dollar, up 0.9% on the day, while in non-deliverable forward
trading its one-month contract was quoted at
1,307.9.
** The KOSPI has risen 14.54% this year, and gained 5.7% in
the previous 30 trading sessions.
** The won has lost 3.5% against the dollar this year.
** In money and debt markets, June futures on three-year
treasury bonds rose 0.14 points to 105.19.
** The most liquid three-year Korean treasury bond yield
fell by 2.6 basis points to 3.200%, while the benchmark 10-year
yield rose by 1.3 basis points to 3.271%.
($1 = 1,309.9800 won)
(Reporting by Choonsik Yoo; Editing by Robert Birsel)
