South Korean shares rise as chipmakers track US peers higher
KOSPI rises, foreigners net buyers
Korean won hits five-month high
South Korea benchmark bond yield steady
SEOUL, Aug 20 (Reuters) -Round-up of South Korean financial markets:
** South Korean shares rose on Tuesday, as chipmakers tracked overnight gains in U.S. peers, while investors shifted their focus to global policy events scheduled this week.
** The benchmark KOSPI .KS11 was up 23.10 points, or 0.86%, at 2,697.46, as of 0151 GMT.
** Key events for this week include the Bank of Korea's monetary policy meeting on Thursday and U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's speech on Friday at the annual Jackson Hole event.
** The Bank of Korea is expected to keep its key interest rate at 3.50% this month and cut it next quarter after the U.S. Fed likely begins easing in September, according to a Reuters poll.
** South Korea's consumer sentiment weakened sharply in August but still remained optimistic, a central bank survey showed.
** Samsung Electronics 005930.KS rose 1.5% and peer SK Hynix 000660.KS gained nearly 4%. South Korean chipmakers tracked an overnight jump of 4.4% in U.S. artificial intelligence firm Nvidia NVDA.O.
** Among other index heavyweights, automakers advanced, battery makers and biopharmaceutical manufacturers fell, while e-commerce firms were flat.
** Of the total 936 traded issues, 582 shares advanced, while 286 declined.
** Foreigners were net buyers of shares worth 33.7 billion won ($25.39 million).
** The won was quoted at 1,328.8 per dollar on the onshore settlement platform KRW=KFTC, 0.45% higher than its previous close at 1,334.8.
** The won strengthened for the fifth straight session and hit its highest level since late March.
** In money and debt markets, September futures on three-year treasury bonds KTBc1 fell 0.02 point to 105.93.
** The most liquid three-year Korean treasury bond yield rose 0.3 basis point to 2.931%, while the benchmark 10-year yield fell 0.8 basis point to 2.984%.
($1 = 1,327.2900 won)
Reporting by Jihoon Lee; Editing by Sherry Jacob-Phillips
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