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The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index slid 162-point-08 points, or one-point-84 percent, on Thursday to close at eight-thousand-639-point-41.
The tech-heavy KOSDAQ gained 23-point-seven points, or two-point-31 percent, to close at one-thousand-49-point-73.
The South Korean won weakened against the U.S. dollar by 13-point-three won, trading at one-thousand-529-point-seven won per dollar as of 3:30 p.m.