The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index(KOSPI) dipped 19-point-53 points, or zero-point-seven percent, on Monday to close at two-thousand-764-point-73.
The tech-heavy KOSDAQ slid eleven-point-15 points, or one-point-31 percent, to close at 841-point-52.
On the foreign exchange, the local currency weakened zero-point-seven won against the U.S. dollar, closing at one-thousand-389 won.
