The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index(KOSPI) on Wednesday stayed nearly flat, shedding point-25 point, or point-01 percent, to close at two-thousand-160-point-85.
 
The tech-heavy KOSDAQ rose four-point-68 points, or point-75 percent, to close at 630-point-17.
 
On the foreign exchange market, the value of the local currency weakened two-point-five won against the U.S. dollar, closing at one-thousand-124-point-four won.