The index rose 1.2 percent,… to close at 4,19 points.
This is 80-percent higher than a year ago, when index slumped due to the pandemic.
The record came a day after President Biden announced a 2-trillion-dollar proposal to improve infrastructure in the U.S.
Starting Thursday, people aged 75 and older in South Korea will be receiving the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. About 3.5 million people are eligible for the shots, and they will be inoculated in 46 vaccination centers across the country.
The government plans to supply seven million Pfizer doses by June including one million doses that arrived in the nation last week and on Wednesday. Also from Thursday, anyone who experiences side effects will be able to take up to two days off from work.
Side effects usually occur ten to twelve hours after inoculation, and disappear within about 48 hours.