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KOSPI Loses 1.52% Wednesday

Written: 2019-01-02 15:41:14Updated: 2019-01-02 15:42:25

The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index(KOSPI) lost 31-point-04 points, or one-point-52 percent, on Wednesday. It closed the day at two-thousand-10. 

The tech-heavy KOSDAQ also fell, losing six-point-28 points, or point-93 percent, to close at 669-point-37.

Asian stocks fell on the first trading day of 2019 as more disappointing economic data from China caused concern. 

On the foreign exchange, the local currency weakened three-point-three won against the dollar, ending the session at one-thousand-119 won.

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