The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index(KOSPI) gained one-point-28 points, or zero-point-05 percent, on Wednesday, to close the day at two-thousand-511-point-70.

The tech-heavy KOSDAQ inched down two-point-four points, or zero-point-29 percent, to close at 814-point-61.

On the foreign exchange, the local currency weakened eleven-point-three won against the U.S. dollar, closing the day at one-thousand-300-point-five won.