The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index(KOSPI) dipped one-point-65 points, or zero-point-06 percent on Thursday to close at two-thousand-721-point-81.

The tech-heavy KOSDAQ climbed zero-point-86 points, or zero-point-one percent, to close at 846-point-58.

On the foreign exchange, the local currency strengthened zero-point-five won against the U.S. dollar, closing at one-thousand-362-point-four won.