The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index(KOSPI) rose five-point-21 points, or zero-point-22 percent, on Monday to close at two-thousand-346-point-74.

The tech-heavy KOSDAQ fell, losing eleven-point-59 points, or one-point-39 percent, to close at 822-point-25.

On the foreign exchange, the local currency strengthened five-point-four won against the dollar, ending the session at one-thousand-142 won.