The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index gained 20-point-61 points, or zero-point-five percent, on Friday to close at four-thousand-107-point-50.

The tech-heavy KOSDAQ rose nine-point-56 points, or one-point-07 percent, to close at 900-point-42.

The South Korean won strengthened against the U.S. dollar by two-point-one won to trade at one-thousand-424-point-four won as of 3:30 p.m.