The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index(KOSPI) inched down one-point-69 points, or zero-point-08 percent, to one-thousand-995-point-12 on Wednesday.

The secondary KOSDAQ also dipped two-point-12 points, or zero-point-31 percent, to 689-point-39.

On the foreign exchange market, the value of the local currency weakened seven-point-six won against the greenback to one-thousand-161-point-two won.