South Korean shares inch lower as battery makers drop
KOSPI falls, foreigners net sellers
Korean won little changed against dollar
South Korea benchmark bond yield steady
SEOUL, Oct 29 (Reuters) -Round-up of South Korean financial markets:
** South Korean shares fell on Tuesday, as battery makers tracked overnight losses in U.S. electric-vehicle maker Tesla, while the won and benchmark bond yields were steady.
** The benchmark KOSPI .KS11 was down 6.68 points, or 0.26%, at 2,605.75, as of 0111 GMT.
** Battery maker LG Energy Solution 373220.KS slid 3.24%, after Tesla TSLA.O dropped 2.5% overnight on worries about slowing demand. Peers Samsung SDI 006400.KS and SK Innovation 096770.KS fell 2.73% and 1.40%, respectively.
** Battery materials makers LG Chem 051910.KS and POSCO Holdings 005490.KS shed 7.5% and 2.3%, respectively.
** Among other index heavyweights, chipmaker Samsung Electronics 005930.KS rose 1.55%, while peer SK Hynix 000660.KS lost 2.24%. Automakers and e-commerce firms fell, while biopharmaceutical manufacturers rose.
** Of the total 935 traded issues, 344 shares advanced, while 510 declined.
** Foreigners were net sellers of shares worth 132.4 billion won ($95.68 million).
** The won was quoted at 1,384.4 per dollar on the onshore settlement platform KRW=KFTC, 0.09% higher than its previous close at 1,385.7.
** A voting board member of the Bank of Korea said she was not concerned about dollar liquidity conditions in the dollar-won market, according to a report.
** In money and debt markets, December futures on three-year treasury bonds KTBc1 rose 0.04 point to 105.88.
** The most liquid three-year Korean treasury bond yield KR3YT=RR fell by 0.9 basis point to 2.920%, while the benchmark 10-year yield KR10YT=RR fell by 0.5 basis point to 3.104%.
($1 = 1,383.8200 won)
Reporting by Jihoon Lee; Editing by Subhranshu Sahu
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