Following a sharp decline on Thursday over jitters on Wall Street,... Korea's benchmark KOSPI opened slightly higher at market open on Friday... at two-thousand-one-hundred-31-point-six-six.
The main bourse closed at the lowest level seen this year in the previous session... falling under two-thousand-one-hundred-30 points,... due to rising trade tensions between China and the U.S.,... and contagion fears in the emerging markets.
Korea's tech-heavy, junior KOSDAQ index opened at seven-hundred-four-point-seven-two... down zero-point-four percent from Thursday's close.