Thursday, September 1, 2016

S.Korea won edges up ahead of U.S. August non-farm payrolls report

* Investors' cautious mood offsets weak factory data

* Won, KOSPI both set to end the week down

SEOUL, Sept 2 (Reuters) - The South Korean won inched

up early on Friday in cautious trade ahead of the much-awaited

August U.S. non-farm payrolls report later in the day - which

could give a clearer view on a potential Fed rate hike.

The won was quoted at 1,119.1 as of 0155 GMT, up

0.3 percent compared with Thursday's close of 1,122.1.

News that a gauge of U.S. national factory acti

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