KOSPI Ends Wednesday Up 0.84%

The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index(KOSPI) rose 22-point-85 points, or zero-point-84 percent on Wednesday to close at two-thousand-728-point-17.

The tech-heavy KOSDAQ climbed two-point-31 points, or zero-point-27 percent, to close at 870-point-67.

On the foreign exchange, the local currency strengthened two-point-two won against the U.S. dollar, closing at one-thousand-376-point-two won.