The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index(KOSPI) inched up three-point-02 points, or zero-point-15 percent, to close at two-thousand-56-point-82 on Monday, buoyed by institutional buying.

The secondary KOSDAQ, on the other hand, slipped one-point-16 point, or zero-point-17 percent, to 674-point-74.
 
On the foreign exchange market, the local currency appreciated seven-point-one won against the U.S. dollar to one-thousand-108-point-four won.