The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index(KOSPI) inched up zero-point-47 points, or zero-point-02 percent, on Tuesday, closing the day at two-thousand-989-point-24.

The tech-heavy KOSDAQ fell, however, losing six-point-17 points, or zero-point-59 percent, to close at one-thousand-31-point-66.

On the foreign exchange, the local currency weakened two-point-three won against the dollar, ending the day at one-thousand-194-point-one won.