The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index(KOSPI) fell for the third straight day on Friday, losing ten-point-five points, or zero-point-53 percent, to close the week at one-thousand-966-point-99.

The tech-heavy KOSDAQ also slumped zero-point-67 point, or zero-point-one percent, to 704-point-37.

On the foreign exchange market, the South Korean won depreciated eight-point-eight won against the U.S. dollar to one-thousand-171-point-four won.