South Korean stocks rebounded Thursday after falling nearly three percent in the previous session.

The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index gained 22-point-03 points, or zero-point-55 percent, on Thursday to close at four-thousand-26-point-45.

Despite fears of an artificial intelligence bubble, investors continued buying, showing strong risk appetite.

Market bellwether Samsung Electronics fell one-point-39 percent to close at 99-thousand-200 won while rival SK hynix climbed two-point-42 percent.

Financial stocks finished strong, with KB Financial jumping three-point-04 percent, Shinhan Financial surging five-point-18 percent and Hana Financial soaring seven-point-02 percent.

Shipbuilders lost ground, with HD Hyundai Heavy and Hanwha Ocean tumbling zero-point-57 percent and two-point-69 percent, respectively.

The tech-heavy KOSDAQ lost three-point-72 points, or zero-point-41 percent, to close at 898-point-17.

The South Korean won strengthened against the U.S. dollar by one-point-seven won, trading at one-thousand-447-point-seven won as of 3:30 p.m.