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The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index shed 62-point-71 points, or zero-point-86 percent, on Wednesday to close at seven-thousand-208-point-95.
The tech-heavy KOSDAQ lost 28-point-29 points, or two-point-61 percent, to close at one-thousand-56-point-07.
The South Korean won strengthened against the U.S. dollar by one won, trading at one-thousand-506-point-eight won per dollar as of 3:30 p.m.