The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index(KOSPI) rose 14-point-70 points, or zero-point-59 percent, on Wednesday, to close the day at two-thousand-495-point-21.

The tech-heavy KOSDAQ also rose, gaining 15-point-18 points, or one-point-77 percent, to close at 872-point-36.

On the foreign exchange, the local currency strengthened five-point-three won against the U.S. dollar, closing the day at one-thousand-310-point-five won.