Foreigners were net sellers of 761.7 billion won worth of shares on the main board.
Meanwhile, South Korea's central bank kept its policy rate unchanged on Friday as the policy focus shifted away from an urgent need to support the economic recovery to growing risks from a hot stock market rally and booming household debt. The won ended at 1,099.4 per dollar on the onshore settlement platform, 0.13 per cent lower than its previous close.
The currency edged down 0.87 per cent on a weekly basis, after sliding 0.32 per cent in the previous week. In offshore trading, the won was quoted at 1,098.6, while in non-deliverable forward trading its one-month contract was quoted at 1,098.0.The most liquid three-year Korean treasury bond yield fell by 1.3 basis points to 0.976 per cent.For daily updates on weekdays and specially selected content for the weekend. Subscribe to