The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index shed 19-point-43 points, or zero-point-77 percent, on Friday to close at two-thousand-517-point-37.

The tech-heavy KOSDAQ also slipped point-45 points, or zero-point-06 percent, to close at 728-point-29.

On the foreign exchange, the local currency weakened 21-point-four won against the U.S. dollar, with the Seoul 3:30 p.m. closing spot rate standing at one-thousand-452-point-seven won.