The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index(KOSPI) rose 80-point-93 points, or three-point-37 percent, on Friday, buoyed by a Wall Street rally on slowing U.S. inflation data. 

The main bourse closed the week at two-thousand-483-point-16.

The tech-heavy KOSDAQ also rose, gaining 23-point-44 points, or three-point-31 percent, closing the day at 731-point-22.

On the foreign exchange, the local currency strengthened 59-point-one won against the dollar, ending the day at one-thousand-318-point-four won.