The South Korean stock market is likely to rise next week as foreign investors will be encouraged by solid economic data from home and abroad, analysts said Saturday. The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) finished at 1,988.09 this week, up 0.64 percent from Monday despite North Korea's live-fire drill near the western sea border earlier. KOSPI surpassed the 2,000-point level at one point on Wednesday for the first time in three months.