The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index(KOSPI) fell ten-point-25 points, or zero-point-41 percent, on Thursday to close at two-thousand-475-point-62.

The tech-heavy KOSDAQ rose, however, gaining point-18 points, or point-02 percent, to close at 840-point-08.

On the foreign exchange, the local currency weakened four-point-eight won against the dollar, ending the session at one-thousand-114-point-eight won