The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index jumped 95-point-46 points, or two-point-27 percent, on Friday to close at four-thousand-309-point-63, breaking the four-thousand-300 milestone.

The tech-heavy KOSDAQ gained 20-point-one points, or two-point-17 percent, to close at 945-point-57.

The South Korean won weakened against the U.S. dollar by two-point-eight won, trading at one-thousand-441-point-eight won as of 3:30 p.m.