South Korean shares track US tech stocks lower, set for weekly loss
KOSPI falls, foreigners net sellers
Korean won strengthens against dollar
South Korea benchmark bond yield rises
SEOUL, Aug 23 (Reuters) -Round-up of South Korean financial markets:
** South Korean shares fell on Friday and were on track to end the week lower, as chip and battery heavyweights tracked overnight losses in U.S. tech stocks.
** The benchmark KOSPI .KS11 fell 15.93 points, or 0.59%, to 2,691.74 by 0156 GMT, after three straight sessions of gains.
** For the week, the KOSPI was down 0.2%, after a rise of 4.2% last week, which was its biggest weekly gain since late January.
** Investor focus is on U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's speech scheduled later in the day for clues on the central bank's policy path.
** Chipmaker Samsung Electronics 005930.KS fell 0.89% and peer SK Hynix 000660.KS lost 2.20%, after the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index's .SOX overnight drop of more than 3%.
** Battery maker LG Energy Solution 373220.KS slid 1.10%, while peers Samsung SDI 006400.KS and SK Innovation 096770.KS lost 2.09% and 2.26%, respectively.
** Among other index heavyweights, e-commerce firms fell, but automakers rose.
** Of the total 935 traded issues, 236 shares advanced, while 628 declined.
** Foreigners were net sellers of shares worth 1.8 billion won ($1.34 million).
** The won was quoted at 1,340.6 per dollar on the onshore settlement platform KRW=KFTC, 0.22% higher than its previous close at 1,343.5.
** In money and debt markets, September futures on three-year treasury bonds KTBc1 fell 0.03 point to 105.95.
** The most liquid three-year Korean treasury bond yield rose by 1.1 basis points to 2.918%, while the benchmark 10-year yield rose by 1.4 basis points to 3.000%.
($1 = 1,339.4600 won)
Reporting by Jihoon Lee; Editing by Rashmi Aich
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