The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index(KOSPI) rose two-point-30 points, or zero-point-09 percent, on Monday, to close the day at two-thousand-493-point-10.

The tech-heavy KOSDAQ fell however, losing zero-point-78 points, or zero-point-09 percent, to close at 830-point-86.

On the foreign exchange, the local currency weakened eight-point-one won against the dollar, ending the day at one-thousand-306-point-four won.