South Korean stocks fell nearly one percent on Tuesday, snapping a three-day winning streak as investors weighed uncertainty over a potential U.S. Federal Reserve rate cut next month. 

The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index, or KOSPI, fell 30-point-50 points, or zero-point-95 percent, Tuesday to close at three-thousand-179-point-36.

The tech-heavy KOSDAQ gained three-point-64 points, or zero-point-46 percent, to close at 801-point-66.

Samsung Electronics slid one-point-68 percent to 70-thousand-300 won, while Samsung SDI dipped zero-point-23 percent to 221-thousand won. 

Shipbuilders also retreated, with Hanwha Ocean plunging six-point-18 percent and HD Hyundai Heavy Industries losing three-point-eight percent. 

Financial shares traded lower as well, with KB Financial down one-point-81 percent and Shinhan Financial two-point-55 percent.