The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index(KOSPI) fell ten-point-99 points, or zero-point-four percent on Monday to close at two-thousand-737-point-57.

The tech-heavy KOSDAQ rose nine-point-71 points, or one-point-07 percent, to close at 913-point-69.
 
On the foreign exchange, the local currency weakened three-point-seven won against the U.S. dollar, closing at one-thousand-342-point-one won.