The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index(KOSPI) slid 12-point-49 points, or zero-point-46 percent on Tuesday to close at two-thousand-705-point-16.

The tech-heavy KOSDAQ inched down one-point-24 points, or zero-point-14 percent, to close at 859-point-33.

On the foreign exchange, the local currency weakened one-point-seven won against the U.S. dollar, closing at one-thousand-354-point-nine won.