The Korea Composite Stock Price Index(KOSPI) dipped to this year’s new low.

The benchmark index fell 15-point-44 points, or zero-point-71 percent, on Friday, closing the week at two-thousand-155-point-49.

The tech-heavy KOSDAQ also fell, losing two-point-42 points, or zero-point-36 percent, to close at 672-point-65.

On the foreign exchange, the local currency strengthened eight-point-seven won against the dollar, ending the day at one-thousand-430-point-two won.