The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index(KOSPI) gained zero-point-52 points, or zero-point-01 percent, on Friday to close at three-thousand-748-point-89.

The tech-heavy KOSDAQ lost five-point-87 points, or zero-point-68 percent, to close at 859-point-54.

The South Korean won weakened against the U.S. dollar by three-point-three won to trade at one-thousand-421-point-two won as of 3:30 p.m.