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KOSPI Closes Monday Up 1.70%

Written: 2019-04-29 15:58:07Updated: 2019-04-29 15:58:21

South Korean stocks were up on Monday following strong first-quarter growth in the U.S. and China.

The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index(KOSPI) gained 37-point-12 points, or one-point-70 percent, on Monday. It ended the day at two-thousand-216-point-43.

The tech-heavy KOSDAQ also rose, gaining nine-point-60 points, or one-point-30 percent, to close at 750-point-60.

On the foreign exchange, the local currency strengthened two-point-five won against the dollar, ending the session at one-thousand-158-point-five won.

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