The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index(KOSPI) rose 18-point-47 points, or zero-point-62 percent, on Tuesday, closing the day at two-thousand-991-point-72.

The tech-heavy KOSDAQ also rose, gaining four-point-77 points, or zero-point-48 percent, to close at 996-point-64.

On the foreign exchange, the local currency strengthened three-point-five won against the dollar, ending the day at one-thousand-179-point-five won.