The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index rose 13-point-76 points, or zero-point-49 percent on Friday to close at two-thousand-797-point-82.

The tech-heavy KOSDAQ climbed one-point-79 points, or zero-point-21 percent, to close at 840-point-44.

On the foreign exchange, the local currency strengthened nine-point-one won against the U.S. dollar, closing at one-thousand-376-point-seven won.