The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index(KOSPI) inched down 25-point-45 points, or zero-point-98 percent on Wednesday to close at two-thousand-584-point-18.

The tech-heavy KOSDAQ rose zero-point-22 points, or zero-point-03 percent, to close at 833-point-03.

On the foreign exchange, the local currency strengthened seven-point-seven won against the U.S. dollar, closing at one-thousand-386-point-8 won.