The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index(KOSPI) on Tuesday jumped eight-point-26 points, or zero-point-42 percent, closing at one-thousand-986-point-41.

The tech-heavy KOSDAQ, meanwhile, gained eight-point-39 points, or one-point-22 percent, to 698-point-66.

On the foreign exchange market, the value of the local currency weakened two-point-four won against the greenback to one-thousand-140-point-two won.