* KOSPI rises, foreigners net buyers

* Korean won strengthens against dollar

* South Korea benchmark bond yield falls

SEOUL, Nov 15 (Reuters) - Round-up of South Korean financial markets:

** South Korean shares rose on Wednesday, as an unexpected cooling in U.S. inflation suggested that the Federal Reserve's interest rate hiking cycle might be coming to an end. The won strengthened, while the benchmark bond yield fell.

** The benchmark KOSPI rose 48.93 points, or 2.01%, to 2,482.18 by 02:17 GMT.

** Among index heavyweights, chipmaker Samsung Electronics rose 1.55% and peer SK Hynix gained 3.00%, while battery maker LG Energy Solution climbed 2.97%.

** Cooling inflation will allow the Fed to forgo any more rate hikes and start cutting rates by May, traders bet on Tuesday, after a U.S. government report showed consumer prices for October were unchanged compared with the prior month.

** South Korea's unemployment rate for October inched down to 2.5%.

** Hyundai Motor jumped 4.00% and sister automaker Kia Corp gained 4.60%, while search engine Naver and instant messenger Kakao were up 3.22% and up 4.21%, respectively.

** Of the total 935 traded issues, 739 shares advanced, while 160 declined.

** Foreigners were net buyers of shares worth 211.2 billion won on the main board.

** The won was quoted at 1,304.3 per dollar on the onshore settlement platform, 1.89% higher than its previous close.

** In offshore trading, the won was quoted at 1,300.7 per dollar, up 0.3% on the day, while in non-deliverable forward trading its one-month contract was quoted at 1,298.2.

** The KOSPI has risen 10.99% so far this year, but lost 1.2% in the previous 30 trading sessions.

** The won has lost 3.1% against the dollar so far this year.

** The most liquid three-year Korean treasury bond yield fell by 12.0 basis points to 3.739%, while the benchmark 10-year yield fell by 14.9 basis points to 3.835%. (Reporting by Cynthia Kim; Editing by Rashmi Aich)