The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index(KOSPI) rose five-point-30 points, or zero-point-19 percent on Tuesday to close at two-thousand-753-point-16.

The tech-heavy KOSDAQ tumbled 20-point-86 points, or two-point-29 percent, to close at 891-point-59.

On the foreign exchange, the local currency weakened two-point-seven won against the U.S. dollar, closing at one-thousand-352-point-one won.