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Round-up of South Korean financial markets:
** South Korean shares closed higher on Thursday, rebounding from a seven-week low as the dollar's strength took a pause, but the benchmark index posted a weekly loss. The Korean won strengthened, while the benchmark bond yield fell.
** The KOSPI ended up 7.82 points, or 0.33%, at 2,384.28, rebounding from the previous session's close at the lowest since July 19.
** For the week, the KOSPI shed 1.04%, and marked a fourth consecutive weekly loss.
** South Korea's financial markets will be closed on Friday through next Monday for local holidays.
** The local market's rebounding momentum was weaker than its Asian peers, as investors took a cautious approach against uncertainties over the holiday weekend, said Lee Kyoung-min, analyst at Daishin Securities.
** Among heavyweights, technology giant Samsung Electronics fell 0.71% while peer SK Hynix ended flat.
** Battery maker LG Energy Solution fell 0.31%, but its parent LG Chem jumped 3.37%, while Samsung SDI and SK Innovation gained 3.07% and 2.71%, respectively.
** Foreigners were net sellers of shares worth 651.4 billion won ($471.54 million) on the main board. For the week, they sold 1.3 trillion won worth of shares, snapping a nine-week buying streak.
** The won ended 0.25% higher at 1,380.8 per dollar on the onshore settlement platform, after five sessions of losses to its weakest in more than 13 years.
** The currency lost 1.32% for the week, marking its fifth straight weekly loss.
** In offshore trading, the won was quoted down 0.3%, while in non-deliverable forward trading, its one-month contract was quoted at 1,379.5.
** In money and debt markets, September futures on three-year treasury bonds jumped 0.39 point to 104.04 in late afternoon trade.
** The most liquid 3-year Korean treasury bond yield dropped by 11.5 basis points to 3.570%, while the benchmark 10-year yield fell by 8.1 basis points to 3.655%. ($1 = 1,381.4400 won) (Reporting by Jihoon Lee; editing by Uttaresh.V)