The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index slid seven-point-99 points, or zero-point-29 percent on Thursday to close at two-thousand-784-point-06.

The tech-heavy KOSDAQ inched down three-point-47 points, or zero-point-41 percent, to close at 838-point-65.

On the foreign exchange, the local currency strengthened two-point-nine won against the U.S. dollar, closing at one-thousand-385-point-eight won.