The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index climbed 26-point-04 points, or zero-point-65 percent, on Friday to close at four-thousand-20-point-55.

The tech-heavy KOSDAQ advanced 13-point-94 points, or one-point-55 percent, to close at 915-point-27.

The South Korean won strengthened against the U.S. dollar by two won, trading at one-thousand-476-point-three won as of 3:30 p.m.