S.Korean shares post worst week in three months as chipmakers tumble
KOSPI falls, foreigners net sellers
Korean won weakens against dollar
South Korea benchmark bond yield falls
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SEOUL, July 19 (Reuters) -Round-up of South Korean financial markets:
** South Korean shares ended 1% lower on Friday and posted their worst weekly performance in three months, weighed down by losses in heavyweight chipmakers amid growing worries over trade disputes between the U.S. and China.
** The benchmark KOSPI .KS11 closed down 1.02% at 2,795.46.
** The KOSPI fell 2.15% this week, marking its biggest weekly drop since mid-April.
** "There was profit-taking pressure and risk-averse sentiment amid uncertainty over U.S. presidential elections," said Lee Kyoung-min, an analyst at Daishin Securities.
** Donald Trump on Thursday formally accepted the Republican presidential nomination for the Nov. 5 elections, while Democrat Joe Biden is facing growing pressure to drop out of the race.
** Chipmakers globally were volatile this week on a report that the United States is mulling restricting imports of technology to China.
** South Korean chipmaker Samsung Electronics 005930.KS fell 2.88%, while peer SK Hynix 000660.KS lost 1.41%.
** SK Hynix, which supplies high-end chips to Nvidia, dropped 10.09% this week, its biggest decline since early August 2021.
** Foreigners were net sellers of shares worth 422.9 billion won ($304.98 million) on the main board.
** The won was quoted at 1,386.7 per dollar on the onshore settlement platform KRW=KFTC, compared with its previous close at 1,385.5.
** In money and debt markets, September futures on three-year treasury bonds KTBc1 fell 0.07 point to 105.50.
** The most liquid three-year Korean treasury bond yield rose 1.9 basis point to 3.078%, while the benchmark 10-year yield rose 0.7 basis point to 3.158%.
($1 = 1,386.6600 won)
Reporting by Jihoon Lee; Editing by Sherry Jacob-Phillips
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