South Korean shares drop as chipmakers weigh
KOSPI falls, foreigners net sellers
Korean won weakens against dollar South Korea benchmark bond yield rises
SEOUL, Sept 19 (Reuters) -Round-up of South Korean financial markets:
** South Korean stocks fell on Thursday as trading resumed after a long holiday weekend, with chip shares leading the retreat, while investors appeared to shrug off U.S. Federal Reserve's decision to cut interest rates by half-a-percentage point.
** The won weakened, while the benchmark bond yield rose.
** The benchmark KOSPI .KS11 was down 14.08 points, or 0.55%, at 2,561.33, as of 0234 GMT.
** Among index heavyweights, chipmaker Samsung Electronics 005930.KS fell 3.11% and peer SK Hynix 000660.KS lost 8.66%, while battery maker LG Energy Solution 373220.KS slid 1.63%.
* Shares of Hyundai Motor 005380.KS added 2.95% and sister automaker Kia Corp 000270.KS gained 2.49%, while search engine Naver 035420.KS and instant messenger Kakao 035720.KS were up 0.25% and down 1.54%, respectively.
** Morgan Stanley halved target price of chipmaker SK Hynix to 120,000 won in a report released on Sept. 15, citing potential oversupply of chips.
** The U.S. Fed lowered its window for the benchmark policy rate by 50 basis points to 4.75-5%, where markets had been leaning before the decision.
** Of the total 932 traded issues, 352 South Korean shares advanced, while 521 declined.
** Foreigners were net sellers of shares worth 952.1 billion won on the main board on Thursday.
** The won was quoted at 1,333.1 per dollar on the onshore settlement platform KRW=KFTC, 0.26% lower than its previous close at 1,329.6.
** In offshore trading, the won KRW= was quoted at 1,333.0 per dollar, down 1.0% on the day, while in non-deliverable forward trading its one-month contract KRW1MNDFOR= was quoted at 1,330.2.
** The KOSPI has fallen 3.54% so far this year, and lost 7.3% in the previous 30 trading sessions.
** The won has weakened 3.4% against the dollar so far this year.
** In money and debt markets, December futures on three-year treasury bonds KTBc1 fell 0.12 point to 106.24.
** The most liquid three-year Korean treasury bond yield rose by 3.5 basis points to 2.859%, while the benchmark 10-year yield rose 5.9 basis points to 2.999%.
Reporting by Cynthia Kim; Editing by Sherry Jacob-Phillips
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