But the tech-heavy junior KOSDAQ began the day higher, gaining 3 percent to 906.31 and extending a three-day upward trend.
Among blue chips, Samsung Electronics lost 2 percent to 101,400 won ($69) and SK hynix declined 1.5 percent to 536,000 won. Shares of LG Energy Solution dropped 5.4 percent to 414,500 won, while Samsung Biologics shed 1.3 percent to 1.62 million won. Doosan Enerbility slipped 0.8 percent to 77,000 won.
HD Hyundai Heavy Industries retreated 2.9 percent, Hanwha Aerospace fell 1.5 percent, and Naver dropped 2.4 percent. By contrast, automakers edged higher. Hyundai Motor rose 0.8 percent to 263,500 won and Kia added 0.3 percent to 114,350 won.
Entertainment stocks rose across the board. The country's entertainment behemoth HYBE climbed 1.2 percent to 301,000 won, JYP Entertainment jumped 3.7 percent to 67,600 won, SM Entertainment 3.1 percent to 105,500 won, and YG Entertainment 3.4 percent to 64,300 won.
Meanwhile, U.S. markets were closed overnight for the Thanksgiving holiday, with both equity and bond trading shut for the federal observance.
In Japan, Tokyo's Nikkei 225 declined 0.2 percent to 50,053.85, about an hour after the day's trading session.
Major Japanese companies had a mixed start, with shares of Toyota Motor slipping 0.2 percent to 3,131 yen ($20) and SoftBank Group dropping 1 percent to 16,670 yen. Meanwhile, Honda Motor rose 1.1 percent to 1,575 yen, and Nintendo gained 1 percent to 13,305 yen.
In China, Shanghai Composite Index fell 0.4 percent shortly after the open to 3,861.68, while Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index dropped 0.2 percent to 25,882.
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