[SEOUL] South Korea's Kospi stock index wavered on Monday to end flat as the South Korean won fell to its weakest since September 2017, capping earlier gains boosted by US job data and China stimulus. The country's benchmark bond yields dropped.
The Seoul stock market's main Kospi ended nearly unchanged at 2,210.60 points, up 0.99 point or 0.04 per cent from the previous session. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was up 0.12 per cent, after US stocks ended its previous session with mild gains. Japanese stocks fell 0.21 per cent.
The current price-to-earnings ratio is 12.10, the dividend yield is 1.28 per cent and the market capitalisation is 1,242.04 trillion won.