The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index(KOSPI) rose one-point-23 points, or zero-point-04 percent on Monday to close at two-thousand-747-point-86.

The tech-heavy KOSDAQ climbed six-point-95 points, or zero-point-77 percent, to close at 912-point-45.
 
On the foreign exchange, the local currency weakened two-point-two won against the U.S. dollar, closing at one-thousand-349-point-four won.