KOSPI Ends Tuesday Down 1.67%

The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index(KOSPI) slid 45-point-55 points, or one-point-67 percent on Wednesday to close at two-thousand-677-point-3.

The tech-heavy KOSDAQ dipped 12-point-56 points, or one-point-48 percent, to close at 838-point-45.

On the foreign exchange, the local currency weakened six-point-five won against the U.S. dollar, closing at one-thousand-365 won.