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KOSPI flat, foreigners net sellers

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Korean won weakens against dollar

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South Korea benchmark bond yield rises

SEOUL, March 30 (Reuters) - Round-up of South Korean financial markets:

** South Korean shares traded flat on Thursday, with investors seeing few clues to make bets after the benchmark index reached levels prior to the global banking turmoil first triggered by U.S. Silicon Valley Bank.

** The Korean won weakened, while the benchmark bond yield rose.

** The benchmark KOSPI was up 2.03 points, or 0.08%, at 2,445.95 as of 0123 GMT, little changed from the three-week high hit in the previous session.

** "It is a lukewarm session," said analyst Huh Jae-hwan at Eugene Investment and Securities. "There is a need for new momentum and investors are likely to make moves after checking how companies report their earnings next month."

** Technology giant Samsung Electronics rose 0.80% and peer SK Hynix gained 1.50%, tracking the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index's 3.3% jump overnight.

** SK Innovation jumped 8.45% on a tender offer plan to acquire 10% of its own shares, which will be paid with its battery unit shares after listing.

** Of the total 930 issues traded, 431 shares rose.

** Foreigners were net sellers of shares worth 42.0 billion won ($32.19 million).

** The won was quoted at 1,305.4 per dollar on the onshore settlement platform, 0.21% lower than its previous close at 1,302.7.

** In money and debt markets, June futures on three-year treasury bonds fell 0.08 point to 104.99.

** The most liquid three-year Korean treasury bond yield rose by 0.2 basis point to 3.257%, while the benchmark 10-year yield rose by 2.0 basis points to 3.307%. ($1 = 1,304.7800 won) (Reporting by Jihoon Lee; editing by Uttaresh Venkateshwaran)