The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index gained eleven-point-72 points, or zero-point-three percent, on Tuesday to close at three-thousand-857-point-78.

The tech-heavy KOSDAQ lost zero-point-41 points, or zero-point-05 percent, to close at 856-point-03.

The South Korean won strengthened against the U.S. dollar by four-point-seven won, trading at one-thousand-472-point-four won as of 3:30 p.m.