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KOSPI rises, but losers outnumber gainers
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Korean won strengthens against dollar
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South Korea benchmark bond yield falls
SEOUL, May 16 (Reuters) - Round-up of South Korean financial markets:
** The South Korean stock market's main index rose by midday
on Tuesday, but the overall mood appeared weak due to lingering
uncertainties over the U.S. debt ceiling talks.
** The benchmark KOSPI rose 8.09 points, or 0.33%,
to 2,487.44 as of 0156 GMT. Still, losers far outnumbered
gainers by 492 to 366.
** Technology giant Samsung Electronics rose
1.55% and peer SK Hynix gained 4.17%, while battery
maker LG Energy Solution was flat.
** Foreigners were net buyers of shares worth 133.7 billion
won ($101.22 million).
** The won was quoted at 1,334.4 per dollar on the onshore
settlement platform , 0.19% higher than its previous
close at 1,337.0.
** In offshore trading, the won was quoted at 1,335.1
per dollar, while in non-deliverable forward trading its
one-month contract was quoted at 1,332.3.
** The KOSPI has risen 11.23% so far this year, and gained
1.1% in the previous 30 trading sessions.
** The won has lost 5.2% against the dollar so far this
year.
** In money and debt markets, June futures on three-year
treasury bonds rose 0.04 point to 105.00.
** The most liquid three-year Korean treasury bond yield
fell by 1.3 basis points to 3.267%, while the benchmark 10-year
yield fell by 0.7 basis point to 3.325%.
($1 = 1,320.9300 won)
(Reporting by Choonsik Yoo; editing by Uttaresh Venkateshwaran
)
