The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index(KOSPI) climbed 35-point-39 points, or one-point-32 percent on Monday to close at two-thousand-722-point-99.

The tech-heavy KOSDAQ rose eight-point-58 points, or one-point-02 percent, to close at 847-point-99.

On the foreign exchange, the local currency strengthened five-point-seven won against the U.S. dollar, closing at one-thousand-363-point-eight won.