The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index(KOSPI) fell on Monday, closing two-point-33 points, or zero-point-10 percent, lower at two-thousand-352-point-97. 

The tech-laden KOSDAQ also declined three-point-03 points, or zero-point-47 percent, to close at 642-point-98.

On the foreign exchange market, the local currency weakened one won against the U.S. dollar to close at one-thousand-121-point-seven won.