* KOSPI falls, foreigners net sellers
* Korean won weakens against U.S. dollar
* South Korea benchmark bond yield rises
SEOUL, Aug 5 (Reuters) - Round-up of South Korean financial
markets:
** South Korean shares edged down on Thursday, as worries
about the Delta coronavirus variant persisted and hawkish
remarks from a senior U.S. Federal Reserve official weighed on
risk appetite. The won was flat, while the benchmark bond yield
rose.
** The KOSPI fell 2.71 points, or 0.08%, to 3,277.67
as of 0247 GMT.
** Fed Vice Chair Richard Clarida, a major architect of the
Fed's new policy strategy, said he felt the conditions for
raising interest rates could be met by the end of 2022, driving
U.S. bond yields and the dollar higher.
** South Korea reported 1,776 new coronavirus cases for
Wednesday, more than a day earlier and nearing the daily record
of 1,895 marked last week, as it struggled to tame the
worst-ever outbreak of variant strains.
** Among heavyweights, technology giants Samsung Electronics
and SK Hynix tumbled 0.60% and 2.07%,
respectively, while battery maker LG Chem slid
0.35%.
** Foreigners were net sellers of 5.8 billion won ($5.07
million) worth of shares on the main board.
** The won was quoted at 1,143.7 per dollar on the onshore
settlement platform , nearly unchanged from its
previous close.
** In offshore trading, the won was quoted at 1,143.1
per dollar, up 0.1% from the previous day, while in
non-deliverable forward trading its one-month contract
was quoted at 1,143.2.
** In money and debt markets, September futures on
three-year treasury bonds rose 0.03 points to 110.33.
** The most liquid 3-year Korean treasury bond yield fell by
0.9 basis points to 1.409%, while the benchmark 10-year yield
rose by 1.9 basis points to 1.885%.
($1 = 1,142.9600 won)
(Reporting by Joori Roh; Editing by Ramakrishnan M.)
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