The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index(KOSPI) fell point-61 points, or point-04 percent, on Monday to close at one-thousand-717-point-12.

The tech-heavy KOSDAQ gained 19-point-28 points, or three-point-69 percent, to finish at 542-point-11.

On the foreign exchange, the local currency weakened 13-point-eight won against the dollar, ending the session at one-thousand-224-point-four won.