The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index(KOSPI) on Wednesday fell four-point-23 points, or zero-point-21 percent, to close at two-thousand-15-point-four.

The tech-heavy KOSDAQ dipped two-point-54 points, or zero-point-36 percent, to 699-point-52.

On the foreign exchange market, the local currency appreciated two-point-seven won against the U.S. dollar to one-thousand-148-point-three won.