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The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index dropped 52-point-two points, or zero-point-98 percent, on Friday to close at five-thousand-290-point-53.
The tech-heavy KOSDAQ gained three-point-13 points, or zero-point-45 percent, to close at 699-point-66.
The South Korean won weakened against the U.S. dollar by six won, trading at one-thousand-336-point-seven won per dollar as of 3:30 p.m.