The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index rose 75-point-34 points, or one-point-92 percent, on Thursday to close at four-thousand-four-point-85.

The tech-heavy KOSDAQ gained 20-point-62 points, or two-point-37 percent, to close at 891-point-94.

The South Korean won weakened against the U.S. dollar by two-point-three won, trading at one-thousand-467-point-nine won as of 3:30 p.m.