AGL 40.00 No Change ▼ 0.00 (0%)
AIRLINK 129.00 Decreased By ▼ -0.53 (-0.41%)
BOP 6.76 Increased By ▲ 0.08 (1.2%)
CNERGY 4.50 Decreased By ▼ -0.13 (-2.81%)
DCL 8.70 Decreased By ▼ -0.24 (-2.68%)
DFML 41.00 Decreased By ▼ -0.69 (-1.66%)
DGKC 81.30 Decreased By ▼ -2.47 (-2.95%)
FCCL 32.68 Decreased By ▼ -0.09 (-0.27%)
FFBL 74.25 Decreased By ▼ -1.22 (-1.62%)
FFL 11.75 Increased By ▲ 0.28 (2.44%)
HUBC 110.03 Decreased By ▼ -0.52 (-0.47%)
HUMNL 13.80 Decreased By ▼ -0.76 (-5.22%)
KEL 5.29 Decreased By ▼ -0.10 (-1.86%)
KOSM 7.63 Decreased By ▼ -0.77 (-9.17%)
MLCF 38.35 Decreased By ▼ -1.44 (-3.62%)
NBP 63.70 Increased By ▲ 3.41 (5.66%)
OGDC 194.88 Decreased By ▼ -4.78 (-2.39%)
PAEL 25.75 Decreased By ▼ -0.90 (-3.38%)
PIBTL 7.37 Decreased By ▼ -0.29 (-3.79%)
PPL 155.74 Decreased By ▼ -2.18 (-1.38%)
PRL 25.70 Decreased By ▼ -1.03 (-3.85%)
PTC 17.56 Decreased By ▼ -0.90 (-4.88%)
SEARL 78.71 Decreased By ▼ -3.73 (-4.52%)
TELE 7.88 Decreased By ▼ -0.43 (-5.17%)
TOMCL 33.61 Decreased By ▼ -0.90 (-2.61%)
TPLP 8.41 Decreased By ▼ -0.65 (-7.17%)
TREET 16.26 Decreased By ▼ -1.21 (-6.93%)
TRG 58.60 Decreased By ▼ -2.72 (-4.44%)
UNITY 27.51 Increased By ▲ 0.08 (0.29%)
WTL 1.41 Increased By ▲ 0.03 (2.17%)
BR100 10,450 Increased By 43.4 (0.42%)
BR30 31,209 Decreased By -504.2 (-1.59%)
KSE100 97,798 Increased By 469.8 (0.48%)
KSE30 30,481 Increased By 288.3 (0.95%)

SEOUL: Round-up of South Korean financial markets:

** South Korean shares closed lower on Monday as investor sentiment was dented by spikes in COVID-19 cases across Taiwan, Singapore and other parts in the region. The Korean won weakened, while the benchmark bond yield fell.

** The benchmark KOSPI ended 18.80 points, or 0.60%, lower at 3,134.52.

** Among the heavyweights, technology giant Samsung Electronics fell 0.62% and peer SK Hynix slid 0.84%. LG Chem and Naver rose 0.70% and 0.44%, respectively.

** Higher cases of the novel coronavirus fanned worries about potential production halt of chips in Taiwan, while inflation worries lingered, said Choi Yoo-june, an analyst at Shinhan Investment & Securities.

** Taiwan is racing to contain its worst outbreak, while chipmaking giant Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd said it was reducing movement of people across chip factories.

** Foreigners were net sellers of 599.7 billion won ($528.66 million) worth of shares on the main board.

** The won was quoted at 1,134.8 per dollar on the onshore settlement platform, down 0.55%.

** In offshore trading, the won was quoted at 1,134.5 per dollar, down 0.8%, while in non-deliverable forward trading its one-month contract was quoted at 1,134.2.

** The KOSPI has risen 9.08% so far this year, and gained 2.1% in the previous 30 trading sessions.

** The trading volume was 758.88 million shares. Of the total traded issues of 908, the number of advancing shares was 277.

** The won has lost 4.3% against the dollar this year.

** In money and debt markets, June futures on three-year treasury bonds rose 0.06 points to 111.01.

** The most liquid 3-year Korean treasury bond yield fell by 1.1 basis points to 1.105%, while the benchmark 10-year yield fell by 4.5 basis points to 2.115%.

Comments

Comments are closed.