The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index(KOSPI) slid zero-point-14 points, or zero-point-01 percent on Tuesday to close at two-thousand-722-point-85.
The tech-heavy KOSDAQ rose three-point-02 points, or zero-point-36 percent, to close at 851-point-01.
On the foreign exchange, the local currency strengthened five-point-three won against the U.S. dollar, closing at one-thousand-358-point-five won.
