The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) climbed nine-point-2 points, or zero-point-36 percent, on Monday, to close at two-thousand-556-point-88.

The tech-heavy KOSDAQ, meanwhile, fell one-point-63 points, or zero-point-18 percent, to close at 912-point-55.

On the foreign exchange, the local currency strengthened two-point-three won against the U.S. dollar, closing at one-thousand-331-point-one won.