The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index(KOSPI) rose four-point-62 points, or zero-point-17 percent on Tuesday to close at two-thousand-692-point-06.

The tech-heavy KOSDAQ slid zero-point-79 points, or zero-point-09 percent, to close at 868-point-93.

On the foreign exchange, the local currency weakened five won against the U.S. dollar, closing at one-thousand-382 won.