The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index(KOSPI) climbed one-point-08 points, or zero-point-04 percent on Friday to close at two-thousand-636-point-52.

The tech-heavy KOSDAQ rose seven-point-99 points, or zero-point-96 percent, to close at 839-point-98.

On the foreign exchange, the local currency weakened five-point-one won against the U.S. dollar, closing at one-thousand-384-point-five won.