The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index(KOSPI) shed six-point-two points, or zero-point-three percent, to close at two-thousand-44 on Wednesday.
 
The tech-heavy KOSDAQ, on the other hand, edged up zero-point-four points, or nearly zero-point-one percent, to 688.
 
On the foreign exchange market, the value of the local currency fell six-point-four won against the greenback to one-thousand-122 won.