S.Korea-Market Factors to watch on Dec 24

SEOUL, Dec 24 (Reuters) - Following is a list of events in
South Korea as well as news stories and press reports that may
influence financial markets:

TOP STORIES
>RIM shares slump as service revenue set to fall
>S.Korea household debt burden eases but worrisome
>Apple presses for Samsung sale ban in appeal filing
>Italy Fincantieri $1.2 bln bid to buy shipbuilder
>Asian buyers to deepen Iranian crude import cuts
>US agency rejects Apple 'pinch-to-zoom' patent
>"Gangnam Style" in line for UK dictionary inclusion

MARKETS
>KOSPI post first weekly loss in 5 weeks
>S.Korea won flat, trapped between exporters and U.S

MARKET SNAPSHOTS
* U.S. stocks finished lower on Friday after a Republican
plan to avoid the "fiscal cliff" failed to gain sufficient
support on Thursday night, draining hopes that a deal would be
reached before 2013.
* Global stock markets skidded on Friday, and the euro and
oil futures also slipped as a new setback in talks to avert a
U.S. fiscal crisis and weak data out of Europe put investors on
edge.
* Oil prices fell more than 1 percent on Friday, eroding
this week's earlier gains after Republican lawmakers in the
United States withheld support for a proposal to avert the
so-called fiscal cliff.
* Seoul shares ended down on Friday to post their first
weekly loss in five weeks after U.S. House Speaker John Boehner
abandoned his "fiscal cliff" plan, muddying the outlook for a
deal to avert harsh spending cuts and tax hikes.

IN THE KOREAN PRESS
Following is a summary of local press reports translated by
Reuters. Reuters has not verified the content of these reports
and does not vouch for their accuracy.

> Hyundai Motors Co announced on Sunday that it
launched the all-new Santa Fe in China, expanding into its
luxury SUV market.

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(Compiled by Narae Kim; Editing by Eric Meijer)