The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index(KOSPI) rose 52-point-73 points, or two-point-01 percent on Wednesday to close at two-thousand-675-point-75.

The tech-heavy KOSDAQ climbed 16-point-79 points, or one-point-99 percent, to close at 862-point-23.

On the foreign exchange, the local currency strengthened nine-point-one won against the U.S. dollar, closing at one-thousand-369-point-two won.