South Korean shares track Wall Street higher; Kakao drops
KOSPI rises, foreigners net buyers
Korean won little changed against dollar
South Korea benchmark bond yield steady
SEOUL, July 23 (Reuters) -Round-up of South Korean financial markets:
** South Korean shares rose on Tuesday, tracking Wall Street's overnight gains, while tech firm Kakao dropped after a court approved an arrest warrant for its founder.
** The benchmark KOSPI .KS11 rose 15.31 points, or 0.55%, to 2,778.82 by 0128 GMT, after four straight sessions of declines.
** Wall Street's three benchmarks ended higher on Monday on boost from mega-cap growth stocks, as investors reassessed the state of the U.S. presidential race after President Joe Biden announced his withdrawal. .N
** South Korea's economic growth likely slowed to a near halt last quarter, after more than a year of moderate expansion, as higher borrowing costs held back domestic demand, a Reuters poll found.
** South Korea's consumer inflation might temporarily pick up in July, the finance minister said.
** Chipmaker Samsung Electronics 005930.KS rose 1.20%, after the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index .SOX jumped 4% on Monday. Peer SK Hynix 000660.KS lost 0.24%.
** The Transport Equipment Index .KS42 rose 2.2%, with Hyundai Motor 005380.KS gaining 3.14% and sister automaker Kia Corp 000270.KS up 3.19%.
** Kakao 035720.KS, the operator of the country's biggest chat app, dropped 4.02%, hitting its lowest level since early November 2023.
** The drop comes after a court approved a prosecution request for a warrant to arrest Brian Kim, the billionaire founder, on accusations of stock manipulation during a 2023 acquisition.
** Of the total 928 traded issues, 439 shares advanced, while 405 declined.
** Foreigners were net buyers of shares worth 104.1 billion won ($75.14 million) on the main board.
** The won was quoted at 1,387.6 per dollar on the onshore settlement platform KRW=KFTC, 0.04% higher than its previous close at 1,388.2.
** The most liquid three-year Korean treasury bond yield fell by 0.5 basis point to 3.087%, while the benchmark 10-year yield fell by 0.5 basis point to 3.163%.
($1 = 1,385.3800 won)
Reporting by Jihoon Lee; Editing by Subhranshu Sahu
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