The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index(KOSPI) fell 26-point-05 points, or zero-point-72 percent, on Monday to close at three-thousand-584-point-55.

The tech-heavy KOSDAQ gained one point, or zero-point-12 percent, to close at 860-point-49.

The South Korean won weakened against the U.S. dollar by four-point-eight won to trade at one-thousand-425-point-eight won as of 3:30 p.m.