The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index(KOSPI) rose one-point-98 points, or zero-point-one percent, to close at two-thousand-12-point-32 on Monday.
 
The tech-heavy KOSDAQ, on the other hand, inched down two-point-58 points, or zero-point-36 percent, to 704-point-96.
 
On the foreign exchange market, the value of the local currency weakened two-point-six won against the greenback to one-thousand-137 won.