The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index(KOSPI) on Tuesday shot up nine-tenths of a percent to close at two-thousand-43 buoyed by foreign buying.
 
The tech-heavy KOSDAQ gained seven-tenths of a percent to 636.

On the foreign exchange market, the value of the local currency strengthened four-point-five won against the U.S. dollar, closing at one-thousand-203.