The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index dipped 23-point-37 points, or zero-point-83 percent on Friday to close at two-thousand-784-point-26.

The tech-heavy KOSDAQ slid four-point-84 points, or zero-point-56 percent, to close at 852-point-67.

On the foreign exchange, the local currency weakened three-point-six won against the U.S. dollar, closing at one-thousand-388-point-three won.