KOSPI Up 2.25% Wednesday to Close at New High of 8,228.7

[Economy] :
The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index rose 181-point-19 points, or two-point-25 percent, on Wednesday to close at eight-thousand-228-point-seven.

The tech-heavy KOSDAQ lost 39-point-39 points, or three-point-36 percent, to close at one-thousand-133-point-13.

The South Korean won strengthened ...

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