The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index jumped 85-point-38 points, or two-point-12 percent, on Monday to close at four-thousand-105-point-93.

The tech-heavy KOSDAQ rose 13-point-87 points, or one-point-52 percent, to close at 929-point-14.

The South Korean won weakened against the U.S. dollar by three-point-eight won, trading at one-thousand-480-point-one won as of 3:30 p.m.