The Japanese and Korean stock market is open

ON 7 AUGUST, THE OPENINGS ON 7 AUGUST (FRIDAY) ROSE BY 194.71 POINTS, BY 0.30 PER CENT, REPORTING 65877.97 POINTS. THE KOREAN KOSPI INDEX ROSE BY 62.22 POINTS ON 7 AUGUST (FRIDAY) TO 0.99 PER CENT AND REPORTED 6358.6 POINTS. SK HERCULES UP BY 1 PER CENT AND SAMSUNG BY 2 PER CENT. KIM XIAN