Kospi slipped 0.13 percent to 2,000.57 on Monday.

Samsung Electronics rose 0.6 percent to 1.50 million won and SK hynix gained 1.2 percent.

Meanwhile, Hyundai Motor dropped 2.3 percent and Kia Motors fell 2.07 percent.

Kosdaq dropped 0.4 percent to 540.44.

The Korean won rose 0.4 percent against U.S. dollar to 1,094.8 won.

Japan’s Nikkei Index rose 0.5 percent and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index gained 0.2 percent, whereas China’s Shanghai Composite Index dropped 0.07 percent.

By Lee Kyu-jin, staff reporter