The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index rose 37-point-56 points, or zero-point-65 percent, on Monday to close at five-thousand-846-point-09.

The tech-heavy KOSDAQ slid two-point-01 points, or zero-point-17 percent, to close at one-thousand-151-point-99.

The South Korean won strengthened against the U.S. dollar by six-point-six won, trading at one-thousand-440 won per dollar as of 3:30 p.m.