The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) failed to maintain its ground on selling by institutional and foreign investors on Thursday. 
 
The KOSPI started bright on gains by market bellwether Samsung Electronics but dipped throughout the day to close at two-thousand-34-point-16, down eight-point-35 points, or zero-point-41 percent.
 
The tech-heavy KOSDAQ dropped two-point-90 points, or zero-point-42 percent, finishing the day at 690-point-63.
 
On the Seoul foreign exchange market, the value of the local currency dipped eleven-point-three won against the U.S. dollar, to end at one-thousand-142-point-three won.