The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index(KOSPI) fell 15-point-81 points, or zero-point-67 percent, on Thursday to close at two-thousand-355-point-05.

The tech-heavy KOSDAQ also fell, losing 17-point-97 points, or two-point-16 percent, to close at 812-point-70.

On the foreign exchange, the local currency weakened one won against the dollar, ending the session at one-thousand-132-point-nine won