The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index(KOSPI) slid one-point-98 points, or zero-point-07 percent, on Wednesday to close at two-thousand-755-point-11.

The tech-heavy KOSDAQ inched down four-point-84 points, or zero-point-53 percent, to close at 911-point-25.
 
On the foreign exchange, the local currency weakened nine-point-two won against the U.S. dollar, closing at one-thousand-348-point-seven won.