* KOSPI rises, foreigners net sellers
* Korean won weakens against dollar
* South Korea benchmark bond yield falls
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SEOUL, July 19 (Reuters) - Round-up of South Korean financial markets:
** South Korean shares ended flat on Wednesday, after two straight sessions of losses, with investors broadly in a wait-and-see mode ahead of major corporate earnings and the U.S. Federal Reserve's policy meeting next week.
** The Korean won weakened, while the benchmark bond yield fell.
** The benchmark KOSPI closed up by just 0.62 points, or 0.02%, at 2,608.24, in a session where it rose 0.57% and fell 0.35%.
** "The KOSPI was sluggish amid increased profit-taking pressure and no clear momentum," said Lee Kyoung-min, an analyst at Daishin Securities.
** Chipmaker Samsung Electronics fell 0.42% and peer SK Hynix lost 0.25%, but battery maker LG Energy Solution jumped 2.00%.
** Among other index heavyweights, automakers advanced, but online platform firms Naver and Kakao dropped 2.15% and 2.70%, respectively.
** Samsung Biologics added 1.23% and SK Bioscience climbed 2.15%, as the government announced tax breaks for the biopharmaceutical industry, but Celltrion ended 0.07% lower.
** Of the total 932 issues traded, 274 shares rose, 602 fell and 56 were flat.
** Foreigners were net sellers of shares worth 69.1 billion won ($54.5 million).
** The won ended onshore trade at 1,265.6 per dollar, 0.41% lower than its previous close.
** In money and debt markets, September futures on three-year treasury bonds rose 0.18 point to 104.08.
** The most liquid three-year Korean treasury bond yield fell by 4.5 basis points to 3.549%, while the benchmark 10-year yield fell by 7.6 basis points to 3.575%. ($1 = 1,266.8900 won) (Reporting by Jihoon Lee; Editing by Varun H K)
