The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index(KOSPI) rose 15-point-49 points, or zero-point-57 percent on Friday to close at two-thousand-727-point-63.

The tech-heavy KOSDAQ slid five-point-99 points, or zero-point-69 percent, to close at 864-point-16.

On the foreign exchange, the local currency strengthened two won against the U.S. dollar, closing at one-thousand-368-point-one won.