S Korea inflation near 24-yr high

South Korea's consumer inflation sped up to an almost 24-year high in July, data showed on Tuesday, but other figures indicated the rate of price rises may be near a peak.

Signs of economic slowdown, meanwhile, sent bond yields tumbling.

Bond yields were also pushed lower by a central bank comment that the pick-up in the annual inflation rate to 6.3 per cent in July from 6.0 per cent in June was what it had expected when raising interest rates by an unusually big margin last month.