On Thursday, stocks ended slightly lower due to conflicting predictions on whether the US will continue its tightening monetary policy. Against the dollar, the local currency increased.
To settle at 2,403.60, the Kospi lost 2.09 points, or 0.09 percent.
To close at 801.02, the Kosdaq secondary index dropped 6.38 points, or 0.79 percent.
Losers outnumbered winners by 583 to 295 in the moderate trading volume of 446.01 million shares worth $8.96 trillion won ($6.64 billion).
Retail investors purchased shares worth a net 315.9 billion won, while foreigners and institutions sold shares for a net 272.1 billion won and 1.7 billion won, respectively.
On the assumption that memory chip prices will increase in the fourth quarter, SK hynix increased 4.16 percent to 120,200 won while Samsung Electronics decreased 1.19 percent to 66,700 won.
While Kia increased 1.95 percent to 83,500 won, Hyundai Motor fell 0.16 percent to 190,500 won.
To 232,000 won, Hyundai Mobis fell 0.43 percent.
Energy stock prices finished in the black.
Samsung SDI increased by 0.93 percent to 489,000 won, while LG Energy Solution increased by more than 2.5 percent to 467,500 won.
To 139,500 won, Sk Innovation fell 1.13 percent.
LG Chem increased by 3.29 percent to 502,000 won, and Samsung Biologics increased by 4.63 percent to 723,000 won.
To 131,800 won, Celltrion lost 3.02 percent of its value.
Three financial groups had declines: KB Financial Group lost 2.01% to 53,600 won; Shinhan Financial Group lost 2.14 % to 34,300 won; and Hana Financial Group lost 1.21 % to 40,900 won.
IT stock prices dropped.
Kakao fell 1.8 percent to 40,850 won, while Naver down 0.94 percent to 189,400 won.
Posco’s stock performed poorly as well, with Posco Holdings remaining unchanged at 511,000 won and Posco Future M falling by 0.89 percent to 333,000 won.
In relation to the dollar, the local currency depreciated 13 won to settle at 1,350.50 won.
Bond prices closed higher, moving in the opposite direction of yields. The return on the benchmark US ten-year government bond dropped 6.6 basis points to 4.7 percent, and the yield on three-year US government bonds decreased 2.0 basis points to 4.1 percent.