The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index(KOSPI) rose 22-point-66 points, or zero-point-83 percent on Thursday to close at two-thousand-753.

The tech-heavy KOSDAQ climbed eight-point-22 points, or zero-point-95 percent, to close at 870-point-37.

On the foreign exchange, the local currency strengthened 24-point-one won against the U.S. dollar, closing at one-thousand-345 won.