The main stock market dipped below three-thousand points during trading for the first time in over six months. 

The Korea Composite Stock Price Index(KOSPI) traded at two-thousand-990-point-44 points, or down by 28-point-74 points from last Friday's closing, at 9:03 a.m. Tuesday. The market was closed on Monday as an alternative holiday for National Foundation Day. 

The index began the day at two-thousand-998-point-17 points, down by 21-point-01 points, or zero-point-seven percent. 

It is the first time the benchmark index fell below the three-thousand mark since March 25.