The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index rose 56-point-54 points, or one-point-38 percent, on Friday to close at four-thousand-167-point-16.

The tech-heavy KOSDAQ gained two-point-seven points, or zero-point-29 percent, to close at 937-point-34.

The South Korean won weakened against the U.S. dollar by zero-point-seven won, trading at one-thousand-473-point-seven won as of 3:30 p.m.