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KOSPI rises, foreigners net buyers
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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 May 8 (Reuters) - Round-up of South Korean financial markets:
** South Korean shares ended up on Monday, tracking Friday's
rise on Wall Street, but lost nearly half of the early gains on
caution ahead of the releases of U.S. inflation and bank lending
data later this week.
** The benchmark KOSPI closed 12.27 points, or
0.49%, higher at 2,513.21. It was far off the session's high of
2,525.84 points, representing a 1% rise on the day.
** Technology giant Samsung Electronics rose
1.23% and peer SK Hynix was flat, while battery
maker LG Energy Solution declined 1.06%.
** Of the total 931 issues traded, 573 shares gained.
** Foreigners were net buyers of shares worth 249.1 billion
won ($188.54 million).
** The won ended onshore trade at 1,321.4 per dollar, 0.11% higher than its previous close at 1,322.8.
** In offshore trading, the won was quoted at 1,320.7
per dollar, down 0.2% on the day, while in non-deliverable
forward trading, its one-month contract was quoted
at 1,318.2.
** The KOSPI has risen 12.38% so far this year and gained
3.5% in the previous 30 trading sessions.
** The won has lost 4.3% against the dollar so far this
year.
** In money and debt markets, June futures on three-year
treasury bonds fell 0.14 points to 105.03.
** The most liquid three-year Korean treasury bond yield
rose by 4.5 basis points to 3.253%, while the benchmark 10-year
yield rose by 2.1 bps to 3.301%.
($1 = 1,321.1800 won) (Reporting by Choonsik Yoo; Editing by Sohini Goswami)
