The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index(KOSPI) rose 27-point-four points, or one-point-03 percent on Wednesday to close at two-thousand-689-point-five.

The tech-heavy KOSDAQ rose four-point-91 points, or zero-point-58 percent, to close at 850-point-75.

On the foreign exchange, the local currency strengthened three won against the U.S. dollar, closing at one-thousand-373 won.