Svmuu News: Japanese and South Korean stock markets closed on Friday. The Nikkei 225 Index fell 3,005.46 points, or 4.15%, to close at 69,360.88 points. South Korea’s KOSPI index fell 519.1 points, or 5.81%, to close at 8,411.2 points, having dropped nearly 9% at one point during the session; SK Hynix closed down more than 8%, and Samsung Electronics fell more than 5%.