한국 주식은 바이러스 공포에 사흘째 하락

    * KOSPI falls, foreigners net sellers
    * Korean won weakens against U.S. dollar
    * South Korea benchmark bond yield falls

    SEOUL, Aug 9 (Reuters) - Round-up of South Korean financial
markets:
    
    ** South Korean shares slipped on Monday, led by major
heavyweights, as upbeat U.S. jobs data released over the weekend
failed to calm investors' worries about the resurgence in
COVID-19 across the world and its economic impacts. Both the won
and the benchmark bond yield fell.
    
    ** The KOSPI         fell 7.80 points, or 0.24%, to 3,262.56
as of 0135 GMT, extending its declines to a third straight
session.
    
    ** Among the heavyweights, technology giant Samsung
Electronics             rose 0.37% but peer SK Hynix            
fell 1.27%, while battery maker LG Chem             and internet
giant Naver             dropped 0.83% and 0.45%, respectively.
    
    ** South Korea continued to report four-digit daily COVID-19
cases, even as it extended the tougher COVID-19 distancing
measures, which has been imposed for weeks already.             
    
    ** China's export growth unexpectedly slowed in July
following outbreaks of COVID-19 cases, data on Saturday showed,
while imports also lost momentum, pointing to a slowdown in the
country's industrial sector.             
    
    ** U.S. employers hired the most number of workers in nearly
a year in July and continued to raise wages, while unemployment
rate dropped to a 16-month low, giving a boost to the U.S.
economy.             
    
    ** Foreigners were net sellers of 169.3 billion won ($147.85
million) worth of shares on the main board. 
    
    ** The won was quoted at 1,145.3 per dollar on the onshore
settlement platform           , 0.28% lower than its previous
close at 1,142.1.
    
    ** In offshore trading, the won        was quoted at 1,144.9
per dollar, unchanged from the previous day, while in
non-deliverable forward trading its one-month contract
              was quoted at 1,145.0.
    
    ** In money and debt markets, September futures on
three-year treasury bonds         fell 0.04 points to 110.19.
    
    ** The benchmark 10-year yield fell by 0.6 basis points to
1.895%.

($1 = 1,145.0600 won)

 (Reporting by Joori Roh; Editing by Rashmi Aich)