
The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index(KOSPI) on Thursday fell ten-point-99 points, or point-46 percent, to close at two-thousand-361-point-65.
The tech-heavy KOSDAQ also slipped, shedding one-point-77 points or point-26 percent. It closed the day at 669-point-82.
On the foreign exchange market, the value of the local currency weakened point-two won against the U.S. dollar, closing at one-thousand-124-point-one won.