South Korean shares surge on US rally, strong GDP

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KOSPI rises, foreigners net buyers
Korean won strengthens against dollar
South Korea benchmark bond yield falls
SEOUL, Oct 27 (Reuters) - Round-up of South Korean financial markets:

** South Korean shares rose more than 4% on Tuesday, led by gains in chipmakers on a rally in US AI stocks and strong economic growth data. 
** The benchmark KOSPI .KS11 was up 240.38 points, or 4.39%, at 5,709.85, as of 0153 GMT.
** US stocks closed higher on Monday, with the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index .SOX rising more than 2%, as Anthropic's IPO filing helped boost sentiment in AI-related stocks. .N
** South Korea's economy grew faster than expected in the third quarter as a global AI chip boom boosted exports and investments, advance central bank estimates showed.
** Chipmaker Samsung Electronics 005930.KS rose 5.05%, while peer SK Hynix 000660.KS gained 7.14%.
** Among other index heavyweights, battery maker LG Energy Solution 373220.KS climbed 3.73%, while Hyundai Motor 005380.KS and sister automaker Kia Corp 000270.KS were up 1.91% and up 1.33%, respectively.
** Steelmaker POSCO Holdings 005490.KS added 3.15%, while drugmaker Samsung BioLogics 207940.KS fell 4.89%.
** Of the total 910 traded issues, 695 shares advanced, while 187 declined.
** Foreigners were net buyers of shares worth 597.3 billion won ($450.57 million).
** The won was quoted at 1,325.0 per dollar on the onshore settlement platform KRW=KFTC, 0.08% higher than its previous close at 1,326.0.
** In money and debt markets, December futures on three-year treasury bonds KTBc1 were unchanged at 103.25.
** The most liquid three-year Korean treasury bond yield KR3YT=RR rose by 0.4 basis point to 3.792%, while the benchmark 10-year yield KR10YT=RR fell by 0.7 basis points to 4.068%.

($1 = 1,325.6500 won)

 (Reporting by Jihoon Lee; Editing by Ronojoy Mazumdar)
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