The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) on Monday dropped 15-point-37 points, or zero-point-75 percent, to close at two-thousand-25-point-70.
 
The tech-laden KOSDAQ also lost 22-point-37 points, or three-point-22 percent, closing at 671-point-84.
 
On the Seoul foreign exchange market, the value of the local currency weakened 15-point-three won against the U.S. dollar, to end at one-thousand-157-point-two won.