The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index(KOSPI) rose 19-point-52 points, or zero-point-71 percent on Tuesday to close at two-thousand-757-point-09.

The tech-heavy KOSDAQ climbed two-point-40 points, or zero-point-26 percent, to close at 916-point-09.
 
On the foreign exchange, the local currency strengthened two-point-six won against the U.S. dollar, closing at one-thousand-339-point-five won.