| An employee passes by a market index monitor in the dealing room of Hana Bank headquarters in Myeongdong, downtown Seoul, Wednesday. The main benchmark Kospi closed at 2,342.81 points, falling by 2.74 percent from the previous day, while the tech-heavy Kosdaq tumbled 4.03 percent to finish at 746.96 points. Korean won ended at 1,297.30 won against the U.S. dollar, down 3.7 won from the previous day and the lowest value in 13 years. Yonhap |