Seoul shares extended their winning streak for a fourth straight session after U.S. President Donald Trump signed a bill to end the record government shutdown.
 
The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index gained 20-point-24 points, or zero-point-49 percent, to close at four-thousand-170-point-63.
 
Expectations for the end of the U.S. government shutdown continued to boost investor sentiment, but losses in tech limited further gains, especially as attention turns to Nvidia’s earnings set to be released next week.
 
In Seoul, shipbuilding and energy stocks led the gains, with HD Hyundai Heavy Industries jumping five-point-97 percent.
 
LG Chem and battery maker Samsung SDI surged six-point-61 percent and four-point-04 percent, respectively.
 
Among the decliners, Samsung Electronics lost zero-point-29 percent, while SK hynix fell zero-point-81 percent.
 
The tech-heavy KOSDAQ rose 11-point-86 points, or one-point-31 percent, to close at 918-point-37.
 
The South Korean won weakened against the U.S. dollar by two won, trading at one-thousand-467-point-seven won as of 3:30 p.m.