Round-up of South Korean financial markets:
** South Korean shares closed lower on Monday, as chipmaker SK Hynix fell ahead of its listing of $29 billion American depositary receipts on the Nasdaq.
** The benchmark KOSPI KRX:KOSPI closed down 37.01 points, or 0.46%, at 8,051.33.
** SK Hynix KRX:000660 lost 3.38%. The chipmaker will launch a U.S. listing on Monday to raise about $28 billion, as it capitalises on the global AI boom with one of the world's largest new share sales.
** Peer chipmaker Samsung Electronics KRX:005930 rose 2.75% ahead of its second-quarter earnings release on Tuesday.
** Samsung Electronics is likely to estimate that its operating profit jumped about 18-fold to another record high from a year earlier in the second quarter, as AI growth continues to strain memory supply and push chip prices higher.
** Among other index heavyweights, battery maker LG Energy Solution KRX:373220 slid 2.21%, while Hyundai Motor KRX:005380 and sister automaker Kia Corp KRX:000270 were up 2.03% and 5.72%, respectively.
** Steelmaker POSCO Holdings KRX:005490 added 0.47%, while drugmaker Samsung BioLogics KRX:207940 fell 1.13%.
** Of the total 913 traded issues, 464 shares advanced, while 412 declined.
** Foreigners were net sellers of shares worth 1.3 trillion won ($848.81 million).
** The won was quoted at 1,530.30 per dollar on the onshore settlement platform FX_IDC:USDKRW, 0.02% lower than its previous close at 1,530.
** In money and debt markets, September futures on three-year treasury bonds (KTBc1) were unchanged at 103.06.
** The most liquid three-year Korean treasury bond yield (KR3YT=RR) rose by 2.9 basis points to 3.781%, while the benchmark 10-year yield TVC:KR10 rose by 0.6 basis point to 4.202%.
($1 = 1,531.5500 won)