The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index gained 26-point-04 points, or zero-point-66 percent, on Thursday to close at three-thousand-986-point-91.

The tech-heavy KOSDAQ rose two-point-74 points, or zero-point-31 percent, to close at 880-point-06.

The South Korean won strengthened against the U.S. dollar by zero-point-seven won, trading at one-thousand-464-point-nine won as of 3:30 p.m.