Anchor: South Korean share prices posted the steepest growth among major economies this year. The won-dollar exchange rate recorded one of the sharpest drops among major currencies during this period. 
Bruce Harrison has more.

Report: The South Korean benchmark stock index posted the steepest growth among major economies this year.
 
The Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) on Friday closed the week at two-thousand-361-point-83.
 
That's about 16-point-five percent higher from late last year.
 
According to the Korea Center for International Finance, which compared stock values of advanced economies as of Thursday, Indian share prices grew 16-point-seven percent during that period.
 
The Philippines trailed South Korea at 16-point-four percent followed by Hong Kong, Vietnam and Germany.
 
The U.S. Dow Jones Industrial Average gained just over eight percent this year.
 
The U.S. NASDAQ gained 14-point-five percent this year, and the S&P 500 gained eight-point-six percent.
 
Korea's tech-savvy KOSDAQ rose six-point-one percent during the same period. 
 
On the foreign exchange market, the value of the local currency strengthened by more than six percent against the U.S. dollar.
 
That's nearly the highest rise among major currencies so far this year. 
 
The U.S. dollar has been weak since Donald Trump took office, boosting the relative value of other currencies. 
Kim Soyon, KBS World Radio News.