* KOSPI falls, foreigners net buyers
* Korean won weakens against U.S. dollar
* South Korea benchmark bond yield rises
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SEOUL, Feb 11 (Reuters) - Round-up of South Korean financial markets:
** South Korean shares were under pressure on Friday and closed lower for the week after a jump in U.S. inflation unleashed fears about aggressive rate hikes by the Federal Reserve. The Korean won weakened and the benchmark bond yield rose.
** The benchmark KOSPI was down 24.22 points, or 0.87%, at 2,747.71, as of 0632 GMT.
** Among the heavyweights, technology giant Samsung Electronics fell 0.66% and peer SK Hynix rose 1.93%, while LG Chem dropped 4.24% and Naver slipped 1.21%.
** Surging U.S. inflation and the pressure on the Fed to likely raise interest rates affected Korean markets as well, said Lee Kyoung-min, an analyst at Daishin Securities.
** Foreigners were net buyers of 377.2 billion won worth of shares on the main board.
** The won was quoted at 1,198.5 per dollar on the onshore settlement platform, 0.17% lower than its previous close at 1,196.5.
** In offshore trading, the won was quoted at 1,198.1 per dollar, up 0.1% from the previous day, while in non-deliverable forward trading its one-month contract was quoted at 1,198.7.
** The KOSPI has fallen 7.72% so far this year, and lost 8% in the previous 30 trading sessions.
** The trading volume during the session in the KOSPI index was 456.98 million shares. Of the total traded issues of 932, the number of advancing shares was 166.
** The won weakened 0.8% against the dollar so far this year.
** In money and debt markets, March futures on three-year treasury bonds fell 0.30 points to 107.41, .
** The most liquid 3-year Korean treasury bond yield rose by 8.1 basis points to 2.345%, while the benchmark 10-year yield rose by 6.3 basis points to 2.749%. (Reporting by Cynthia Kim; Additional reporting by Jihoon Lee; Editing by Sherry Jacob-Phillips)