The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index gained 135-point-26 points, or two-point-73 percent, on Tuesday to close at five-thousand-84-point-85.

The tech-heavy KOSDAQ climbed 18-point-18 points, or one-point-71 percent, to close at one-thousand-82-point-59.
 
The South Korean won weakened against the U.S. dollar by five-point-six won, trading at one-thousand-446-point-two won as of 3:30 p.m.