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KOSPI rises, foreigners net buyers
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Korean won down marginally against dollar
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South Korea benchmark bond yield rises
SEOUL, April 28 (Reuters) - Round-up of South Korean financial markets:
** South Korean shares extended gains to a second straight
session on Friday, led by chipmakers and online platform
operators, and were set to end the month higher. The won traded
marginally lower, while the benchmark bond yield rose.
** The benchmark KOSPI rose 10.10 points, or 0.40%,
to 2,505.91 as of 0132 GMT.
** The KOSPI has fallen 1.5% this week but it is still set to end the month more than 1% higher, after jumping 2.7% in March.
** Samsung Electronics rose 1.55%, extending
gains after the chipmaker flagged on Thursday a gradual recovery
for chips in the second half of the year. Peer SK Hynix gained 1.24%.
** Search engine Naver jumped 2.23% and instant
messenger Kakao climbed 4.66%, tracking U.S. giant
Meta's 13.9% surge overnight after its quarterly
revenue forecast exceeded estimates.
** Among other index heavyweights, battery makers and
automakers fell. Of the total 929 issues traded, 455 shares
rose.
** Foreigners were net buyers of shares worth 27.7 billion
won ($20.70 million).
** The won was quoted at 1,339.1 per dollar on the onshore
settlement platform , 0.08% lower than its previous
close.
** The currency is set to end the week 0.8% lower and the
month 2.8% lower.
** In money and debt markets, June futures on three-year
treasury bonds fell 0.15 point to 104.78.
** The most liquid three-year Korean treasury bond yield
rose by 4.7 basis points to 3.335%, while the benchmark 10-year
yield rose by 4.9 basis points to 3.390%.
($1 = 1,338.3900 won)
(Reporting by Jihoon Lee; Editing by Rashmi Aich)
