The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index slipped eight-point-55 points, or zero-point-21 percent, on Wednesday to close at four-thousand-135.

The tech-heavy KOSDAQ added three-point-65 points, or zero-point-39 percent, to close at 935.

The South Korean won strengthened against the U.S. dollar by one-point-nine won, trading at one-thousand-470-point-four won as of 3:30 p.m.