The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index(KOSPI) rose 10-point-three points, or zero-point-37 percent on Thursday to close at two-thousand-807-point-63.

The tech-heavy KOSDAQ slid three-point-66 points, or zero-point-43 percent, to close at 857-point-51.

On the foreign exchange, the local currency weakened two-point-eight won against the U.S. dollar, closing at one-thousand-384-point-six won.