The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index dipped seven-point-79 points, or zero-point-19 percent, on Thursday to close at four-thousand-28-point-51.

The tech-heavy KOSDAQ edged down two-point-18 points, or zero-point-23 percent, to close at 929-point-83.

The South Korean won weakened against the U.S. dollar by five-point-five won, trading at one-thousand-473-point-five won as of 3:30 p.m.