S. Korea shares drop 0.47%; Japan stocks fall 2.26%

Kospi dropped 0.47 percent to 2,000.01 on Feb. 26.

Samsung Electronics dropped 0.2 percent to 1.52 million won.

Hyundai Motor and Kia Motors were down 0.64 percent and 0.91 percent, respectively.

Kodaq rose 0.24 percent to 528.56

Japan’s Nikkei225 Index dropped 2.26 percent to 11,398.81.

China’s Shanghai Composite Index soared 5.55 percent, while HongKong’s HangSeng Index dropped 1.46 percent.

The won-dollar exchange rates rose 1.7 won to 1,088.0 won.

By Lee Kyu-jin, staff reporter