* KOSPI falls, foreigners net buyers

* Korean won weakens against dollar

* South Korea benchmark bond yield falls

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SEOUL, July 8 (Reuters) - Round-up of South Korean financial markets:

** South Korean shares ended marginally lower on Monday, retreating from 2-1/2-year highs on profit-taking, while investors awaited global and domestic monetary policy events this week.

** The benchmark KOSPI closed down 4.47 points, or 0.16%, at 2,857.76, after hitting its highest level since late January 2022 in the previous session.

** The KOSPI was confined to a narrow range between a fall of 0.23% and a gain of 0.24%.

** In the United States, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell will testify before Congress this week, and inflation data for June will be reported. Meanwhile, South Korea's central bank will meet on Thursday for a rate-setting meeting.

** "The KOSPI ended lower on profit-taking, taking a breather after last week's rally, although large-cap tech stocks saw foreign inflows," said Lee Kyoung-min, an analyst at Daishin Securities.

** Foreigners were net buyers of shares worth 527.1 billion won ($381.11 million).

** Samsung Electronics rose 0.34%, marking its highest level since Jan. 25, 2021. Last week, the chipmaker jumped 6.9% on higher-than-expected preliminary earnings for the second quarter. Rival SK Hynix fell 1.06%.

** Battery maker LG Energy Solution climbed 0.28%, even after the battery maker flagged lower-than-expected earnings for the second quarter. Peers Samsung SDI and SK Innovation fell 0.13% and 0.80%, respectively.

** Among other index heavyweights, e-commerce firms jumped more than 1%, but biopharmaceutical manufacturers lost more than 1%.

** The won was quoted at 1,383.3 per dollar on the onshore settlement platform, 0.14% lower than its previous close at 1,381.3.

** The most liquid three-year Korean treasury bond yield fell by 0.6 basis point to 3.116%, while the benchmark 10-year yield fell by 1.4 basis points to 3.207%. ($1 = 1,383.0800 won) (Reporting by Jihoon Lee; Editing by Eileen Soreng)