* KOSPI rises, foreigners net buyers
* Korean won strengthens against U.S. dollar
* South Korea benchmark bond yield falls
SEOUL, Sept 27 (Reuters) - Round-up of South Korean
financial markets:
** South Korean shares rose on Monday, helped by strong buying
from foreign investors for an eighth straight session, although
worries over China Evergrande Group's debt crisis kept a lid on
gains. The Korean won strengthened, while the benchmark bond
yield fell.
** The benchmark KOSPI rose 16.49 points, or 0.53%, to
3,141.73 as of 01:45.
** Among heavyweights, technology giant Samsung Electronics
rose 0.52% and peer SK Hynix rose 1.44%,
while LG Chem fell 0.26% and Naver was
flat.
** Shares of Shinwon Corp , a South Korean apparel
maker with a presence in the Kaesong industrial zone in North
Korea, surged 15% as hopes for inter-Korean cooperation rose
over the weekend.
** Foreigners are snapping up local shares and supporting the
index, while investors are still monitoring default risks
related to China's Evergrande, said Na Jeong-hwan, an analyst at
Cape Investment & Securities.
** Shares of Bucket Studio , a major shareholder of
"Squid Game" actor Lee Jung-jae's agency Artist Company, surged
for a third day, rising as much as 20%.
** Foreigners were net buyers of 131.4 billion won ($111.39
million) worth of shares on the main board.
** The won was quoted at 1,175.3 per dollar on the onshore
settlement platform , 0.10% higher than its previous
close at 1,176.5.
** In offshore trading, the won was quoted at 1,175.4 per
dollar, up 0.4% from the previous day, while in non-deliverable
forward trading its one-month contract was quoted
at 1,175.5.
** The KOSPI has risen 9.34% so far this year, but lost 4.1% in
the previous 30 sessions.
** The trading volume during the session in the KOSPI index
was 407.39 million shares. Of the total traded issues of
927, the number of advancing shares was 534.
** The most liquid 3-year Korean treasury bond yield rose by 0.3
basis points to 1.577%, while the benchmark 10-year yield fell
by 0.8 basis points to 2.143%.
($1 = 1,179.6200 won)
(Reporting by Cynthia Kim; Additional reporting by Jihoon Lee;
Editing by Ramakrishnan M.)
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