The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index(KOSPI) closed at two-thousand-481-point-88 on Monday, down zero-point-19 points, or zero-point-01 percent from the previous trading session.

The tech-heavy KOSDAQ dropped one-point-32 points, or zero-point-17 percent, to end the day at 770-point-50.

On the foreign exchange market, the value of the local currency strengthened one-point-three won against the dollar, closing at one-thousand-88-point-five won.