S.Korean stocks end higher as battery shares shine on Tesla rally
KOSPI rises, foreigners net sellers
Korean won strengthens against dollar
South Korea benchmark bond yield rises
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SEOUL, Oct 28 (Reuters) -Round-up of South Korean financial markets:
** South Korean shares rose on Monday, as local battery suppliers of Tesla TSLA.O gained after the electric vehicle market leader's rally last week. The won strengthened, while the benchmark bond yield rose.
** The benchmark KOSPI .KS11 closed up 29.16 points, or 1.13%, at 2,612.43.
** Among index heavyweights, chipmaker Samsung Electronics 005930.KS rose 3.94% and peer SK Hynix 000660.KS lost 2.49%, while Tesla battery suppliers LG Energy Solution 373220.KS and LG Chem 051910.KS rose 2.33% and 5.12%, respectively, at onshore close.
** LG Energy Solution posted a 39% drop in quarterly profit, but shares rose as the result beat analysts' estimates.
** Hyundai Motor 005380.KS added 0.44% and sister automaker Kia Corp 000270.KS gained 3.02%, while search engine Naver 035420.KS and instant messenger Kakao 035720.KS were up 1.55% and up 2.60%, respectively.
** Tesla closed nearly 22% higher on Thursday, its biggest single-day gain in over a decade, as CEO Elon Musk's bold forecast of surging sales reassured investors that he was still looking to grow the core EV business.
** Korea Zinc 010130.KS secured 9.85% of its shares in a buyback it launched to block shareholders from selling stakes to its top investor Young Poong and private equity firm MBK.
** Of the total 937 traded issues, 617 shares advanced, while 274 declined.
** Foreigners were net sellers of shares worth 130.8 billion won ($94.44 million).
** The won was quoted at 1,385.0 per dollar on the onshore settlement platform KRW=KFTC, 0.30% higher than its previous close.
** In offshore trading, the won KRW= was quoted at 1,384.5 per dollar, up 0.2% on the day, while in non-deliverable forward trading its one-month contract KRW1MNDFOR= was quoted at 1,382.2.
** The most liquid three-year Korean treasury bond yield KR3YT=RR rose by 4.7 basis points to 2.925%, while the benchmark 10-year yield KR10YT=RR rose by 6.3 basis points to 3.113%.
($1 = 1,384.9800 won)
Reporting by Cynthia Kim; Editing by Rashmi Aich
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