The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index(KOSPI) climbed 20-point-84 points, or zero-point-81 percent, on Monday, to close at two-thousand-584-point-55.

The tech-heavy KOSDAQ, meanwhile, slipped zero-point-58 points, or zero-point-06 percent, to close at 919-point-16.

On the foreign exchange, the local currency weakened one won against the U.S. dollar, closing the day at one-thousand-319-point-eight won.