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,one-hundred-31.six-six.
The main bourse closed at the lowest level seen this year in the previous session falling under two,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.seven-two down zero.four percent from Thursday's close.