Samsung Electronics was down 0.47 percent and POSCO 0.28 percent, while Hyundai Motors gained 1.63 percent.
Kosdaq dropped 0.64 percent to 513.26.
The won-dollar exchange rate gained 3.90 won to close at 1066.20.
By Lee Kyu-jin, staff reporter
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