The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) inched up 0.58 points, or 0.03 percent, to settle at 1,725.44. Trading volume was high at 986 million shares worth 10 trillion won (8.1 billion U.S. dollars).
South Korea's currency finished at 1,228.0 won versus the greenback, up 0.3 won from the previous close.
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