The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index(KOSPI) inched down eleven-point-39 points, or zero-point-42 percent on Monday to close at two-thousand-670-point-43.

The tech-heavy KOSDAQ slid eight-point-05 points, or zero-point-94 percent, to close at 852-point-42.

On the foreign exchange, the local currency weakened eight-point-six won against the U.S. dollar, closing at one-thousand-384 won.