The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index(KOSPI) fell zero-point-62 points, or zero-point-03 percent, on Tuesday, closing the day at two-thousand-372-point-40.

The tech-heavy KOSDAQ also fell, losing zero-point-06 points, or zero-point-01 percent, to close at 715-point-16.

On the foreign exchange, the local currency strengthened one-point-two won against the dollar, ending the day at one-thousand-306 won.