KOSPI Ends Thursday Up 0.98%

The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index(KOSPI) rose 26-point-72 points, or zero-point-98 percent on Thursday to close at two-thousand-754-point-89.

The tech-heavy KOSDAQ climbed zero-point-66 points, or zero-point-08 percent, to close at 871-point-33.

On the foreign exchange, the local currency strengthened two-point-three won against the U.S. dollar, closing at one-thousand-373-point-nine won.