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KOSPI falls, foreigners net buyers
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Korean won weakens against dollar
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South Korea benchmark bond yield falls
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For the midday report, please click May 11 (Reuters) - Round-up of South Korean financial markets:
** South Korean shares reversed modest early gains to close
down for a third consecutive day on Thursday, as investors took
softer Chinese inflation data as reflecting a weak economic
momentum there.
** The benchmark KOSPI fell 5.51 points, or 0.22%,
to close at 2,491.00 after having risen as much as 0.65% on the
day.
** Technology giant Samsung Electronics Co Ltd fell 0.62% and peer SK Hynix Inc lost 0.69%, while
battery maker LG Energy Solution Ltd declined 2.30%.
** Despite the fall in the benchmark index, selling was not
broad based as gainers totalled 505 out of the total 931 issues
traded.
** Foreigners were net buyers of shares worth 0.3 billion
won ($227,112.72).
** The won ended onshore trade at 1,326.3 per
dollar, 0.11% lower than its previous close at 1,324.8.
** In offshore trading, the won was quoted at 1,326.2
per dollar, down 0.6% for the day, while in non-deliverable
forward trading its one-month contract was quoted
at 1,323.6.
** The KOSPI has risen 11.38% so far this year, and gained
3.6% in the previous 30 trading sessions.
** The won has lost 4.7% against the dollar so far this
year.
** In money and debt markets, June futures on three-year
treasury bonds rose 0.13 points to 105.11.
** The most liquid three-year Korean treasury bond yield
fell by 4.4 basis points to 3.231%, while the benchmark 10-year
yield fell by 4.4 basis points to 3.300%.
($1 = 1,320.9300 won)
(Reporting by Choonsik Yoo; Editing by Varun H K)
