The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index(KOSPI) on Wednesday fell five-point-53 points, or zero-point-27 percent, to close at two-thousand-five-point-83.

The tech-heavy KOSDAQ slid one-point-82 points, or zero-point-26 percent, to finish at 699-point-86.

On the foreign exchange market, the value of the local currency strengthened one-point-one won against the U.S. dollar to one-thousand-135-point-two won.