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KOSPI Ends Monday Down 1.64%, KOSDAQ Falls 4.28%

Written: 2019-08-26 15:47:52Updated: 2019-08-26 16:54:57

South Korean stocks ended down on Monday over the latest round of tariffs announced by the U.S. and China. 

The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index(KOSPI) lost 31-point-99 points, or one-point-64 percent. It ended the day at one-thousand-916-point-31.

The tech-heavy KOSDAQ fell 26-point-07 points, or four-point-28 percent, to close at 582-point-91 points.

On the foreign exchange, the local currency weakened seven-point-two won against the dollar, ending the session at one-thousand-217-point-eight won.

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