The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index(KOSPI) climbed three-point-44 points, or zero-point-13 percent on Monday to close at two-thousand-717-point-65.

The tech-heavy KOSDAQ inched down eleven-point-72 points, or one-point-34 percent, to close at 860-point-57.

On the foreign exchange, the local currency strengthened zero-point-four won against the U.S. dollar, closing at one-thousand-353-point-two won.