Screens in Hana Bank's trading room in central Seoul show foreign and stock markets close on Thursday. [YONHAP] Stocks opened lower Friday on rising rate hike woes and Samsung Electronic's negative earnings. The benchmark Kospi dropped 23.55 points, or 0.92 percent, to 2,532.74 in the first 15 minutes of trading. All U.S. stock indexes finished lower Thursday with investors' concerns over the U.S. Federal Reserve's potential additional rate hikes following stronger-than-expected U.S. employment data.

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