The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index(KOSPI) rose 15-point-17 points, or zero-point-58 percent, on Tuesday, to close at two-thousand-617-point-76.

The tech-heavy KOSDAQ fell, however, losing one-point-19 points, or zero-point-14 percent, to close at 872-point-10. 

On the foreign exchange, the local currency weakened two-point-three won against the dollar, ending the session at one-thousand-112-point-seven won.