South Korean shares end lower; post best week in 1-1/2 months
KOSPI falls, foreigners net buyers
Korean won little changed against dollar
South Korea benchmark bond yield steady
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SEOUL, Sept 27 (Reuters) -Round-up of South Korean financial markets:
** South Korean shares fell on Friday, led by losses in biopharmaceutical stocks, but posted their biggest weekly gains in six.
** The benchmark KOSPI .KS11 closed down 21.79 points, or 0.82%, at 2,649.78. The index had jumped 2.9% in the previous session.
** For the week, the KOSPI advanced2.2%, its third straight week of gains, and loggedits best week since mid-August.
** "Despite positive external conditions from China's stimulus policies and U.S. rate cuts, the domestic market saw investors taking profits from the previous session's sharp gains," said Seo Sang-young, an analyst at Mirae Asset Securities.
** South Korea's exports are expected to have risen for a 12th straight month in September but the pace slowed to a three-month low, according to a Reuters poll.
** Biopharmaceutical stocks slumped 4.6% on the day, with Samsung Biologics 207940.KS and Celltrion 068270.KSS falling 6.27% and 3.56%, respectively.
** Chipmaker SK Hynix 000660.KS advanced1.60%, tracking the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index's .SOX sharp gains in the previous session, but rival Samsung Electronics 005930.KS fell 0.77%.
** Other index heavyweights, such asautomakers and e-commerce firms, fell on Friday.
** Oil refiner S-Oil 010950.KS fell 1.77% after itshut down some of itsrefining units.
** Of the total 936 traded issues, 417 shares advanced, while 459 declined.
** Foreigners were net buyers of shares worth 262 billion won ($198.8 million).
** The won was quoted at 1,318.6 per dollar on the onshore settlement platform KRW=KFTC, 0.05% lower than its previous close at 1,318.0.
** In money and debt markets, December futures on three-year treasury bonds KTBc1 fell 0.04 point to 106.33.
** The most liquid three-year Korean treasury bond yield rose by 1.3 basis points to 2.826%, while the benchmark 10-year yield rose by 0.3 bpto 3.002%.
($1 = 1,317.7900 won)
Reporting by Jihoon Lee; Editing by Sonia Cheema
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