South Korea's benchmark stock index hit an all-time high for the second day in a row. 

The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index(KOSPI) rose six-point-50 points, or zero-point-20 percent on Tuesday, closing the day at three-thousand-258-point-63. 

The tech-heavy KOSDAQ, meanwhile, closed almost flat, losing zero-point-04 points to close at 997-point-37.

On the foreign exchange, the local currency weakened zero-point-three won against the dollar, ending the day at one-thousand-117 won.