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KOSPI rises, foreigners net buyers
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Korean won weakens against dollar
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South Korea benchmark bond yield rises
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For the midday report, please click SEOUL, April 27 (Reuters) - Round-up of South Korean financial markets:
** South Korean shares reversed early losses to end higher
on Thursday, snapping a five-day losing streak, while trading
sentiment appeared still shaky on concerns about the U.S.
banking sector and uncertainty in earnings reports.
** The benchmark KOSPI rose 10.98 points, or 0.44%,
to close at 2,495.81, having fallen as much as 0.8% earlier in
the day.
** Trading sentiment appeared still shaky, however, with the
losing stocks outnumbering gainers by 468 to 407.
** Samsung Electronics Co Ltd , which is heavily
weighted on KOSPI, ended 0.8% higher after it flagged a gradual
recovery for chips in the second half of the year after its
semiconductor division reported a record loss.
** The banking sector's index slumped 1.2%,
having fallen as much as 1.9% earlier in the session.
** Chipmaker SK Hynix gained 1.60%, while
battery maker LG Energy Solution advanced 3.53%.
** Foreigners were net buyers of shares worth 283.0 billion
won ($211.4 million).
** The won ended onshore trade at 1,338.0 per
dollar, 0.13% lower than its previous close at 1,336.3.
** In offshore trading, the won was quoted at 1,338.6
per dollar, down 0.0% on the day, while in non-deliverable
forward trading its one-month contract was quoted
at 1,336.8.
** Currency traders shrugged off remarks by a senior
presidential official that U.S. and South Korean leaders
upgraded their commitment to cooperate on maintaining stability
in foreign exchange markets at a summit.
** The KOSPI has risen 11.60% so far this year, and gained
4.4% in the previous 30 trading sessions.
** The won has lost 5.5% against the dollar so far this
year.
** In money and debt markets, June futures on three-year
treasury bonds fell 0.07 points to 104.93.
** The most liquid three-year Korean treasury bond yield
rose by 2.9 basis points to 3.288%, while the benchmark 10-year
yield rose by 3.1 basis points to 3.340%.
($1 = 1,338.6300 won)
(Reporting by Choonsik Yoo; Editing by Varun H K)
