South Korean financial markets opened and closed an hour later than usual on Thursday due to the national college entrance exam. 

The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index(KOSPI) gained 16-point-78 points, or point-79 percent. It ended the day at two-thousand-139-point-23. 

The tech-heavy KOSDAQ also rose, gaining one-point-46 points, or point-22 percent, to close at 663-point-31.

On the foreign exchange, the local currency weakened one-point-nine won against the dollar, ending the session at one-thousand-169-point-seven won.