The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index(KOSPI) fell 17-point-75 points, or zero-point-57 percent, on Wednesday, ending the day at three-thousand-122-point-56.

The tech-heavy KOSDAQ also fell, losing eight-point-08 points, or zero-point-81 percent, to close at 985-point-92.

On the foreign exchange, the local currency strengthened two-point-one won against the dollar, ending the session at one-thousand-104-point-four won.