The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index climbed 17-point-66 points, or zero-point-64 percent on Wednesday to close at two-thousand-792-point-05.

The tech-heavy KOSDAQ gained zero-point-13 points, or zero-point-02 percent, to close at 842-point-12.

On the foreign exchange, the local currency weakened one-point-two won against the U.S. dollar, closing at one-thousand-388-point-seven won.