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KOSPI rises, foreigners net sellers
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Korean won strengthens against dollar
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South Korea benchmark bond yield falls
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SEOUL, Nov 15 (Reuters) - Round-up of South Korean financial markets:
** South Korean shares ended higher on Tuesday, tracking firm Chinese equities as subdued data raised policy support hopes, although gains were limited due to continued profit-booking pressure. The Korean won strengthened, while the benchmark bond yield fell.
** The benchmark KOSPI ended up 5.68 points, or 0.23%, at 2,480.33, after fluctuating in a range of -0.4% and +0.4%, without a strong momentum in either direction.
** China's factory output and retail sales data for October came in worse than expected, suggesting the world's second-largest economy is losing momentum as it struggles with protracted COVID-19 curbs and a property downturn.
** After the data release, China's major stock indices rose more than 1%, while Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index jumped over 3%.
** "China's weak economic data fanned hopes for more policy easing, but there was also pressure to book profits in the local market after recent sharp gains," said Kim Seok-hwan, an analyst at Mirae Asset Securities.
** Among heavyweights, technology giant Samsung Electronics rose 0.81% and peer SK Hynix gained 0.77%, but battery makers LG Energy Solution and Samsung SDI lost 1.32% and 5.40%, respectively.
** Automakers Hyundai Motor and Kia Corp lost 0.85% and 2.00% each, but online platform giant Kakao gained 0.34%, while peer Naver advanced 1.86%.
** Foreigners were net sellers of shares worth 265.1 billion won ($201.29 million).
** The won was last quoted at 1,317.6 per dollar on the onshore settlement platform, 0.63% higher than its previous close.
** In money and debt markets, December futures on three-year treasury bonds rose 0.33 point to 103.45.
** The most liquid three-year Korean treasury bond yield fell by 9.2 basis points to 3.757%, while the benchmark 10-year yield fell by 5.5 basis points to 3.872%. ($1 = 1,316.9800 won) (Reporting by Jihoon Lee; Editing by Rashmi Aich)
