Kuwait Oil Company CEO said the firm welcomes Blackstone, Brookfield and KKR as long-term investors in the "Falcon project".

U.S. equities closed mixed on Friday: Dow Jones +0.45%, S&P 500 +0.05%, Nasdaq -0.64%. Memory/storage names led declines — SanDisk (SNDK.O) -10.79%, SK Hynix (SKHY.O) -8.81%, Micron Technology (MU.O) -6.99%; Philadelphia Semiconductor Index down 4.25%, Intel (INTC.O) -7.89%. IBM (IBM.N) +3.64%, Apple (AAPL.O) +3.53%. Nasdaq Golden Dragon China Index -0.68%; Alibaba (BABA.N) -1.67%, Baidu (BIDU.O) -1.91%.

South Korea's Lee said four business leaders view South Korea as an important partner, reinforcing their confidence in the country's world-leading semiconductor competitiveness, skilled talent pool and high technology adoption.