The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index(KOSPI) fell 23-point-01 points, or point-95 percent, on Monday to close at two-thousand-389-point-39.

The tech-heavy KOSDAQ also fell, losing 21-point-89 points, or two-point-46 percent, to close at 866-point-99.

On the foreign exchange, the local currency strengthened two-point-three won against the dollar, ending the session at one-thousand-158-point-zero won.