Investing.com – China equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Life Insurance, Retailers and Travel & Leisure sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Shanghai, the Shanghai Composite rose 1.06% to hit a new 1-month high, while the SZSE Component index gained 0.80%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Shanghai Composite were Shanghai Hongda Mining Co Ltd (SS:600532), which rose 10.13% or 0.400 points to trade at 4.350 at the close. Shanxi Guoxin Energy Co Ltd A (SS:600617) added 10.07% or 0.580 points to end at 6.340 and Silvery Dragon Prestressed Materials Co Ltd Tianjin (SS:603969) was up 10.06% or 0.48 points to 5.25 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Beijing Huaye Capital Holdings Co Ltd (SS:600240), which lost 10.05% or 0.610 points to trade at 5.460 in late trade. Gangtai Holdin (SS:600687) declined 9.98% or 0.410 points to end at 3.700 and Anhui Xinli Finance Co Ltd (SS:600318) shed 9.96% or 1.100 points to 9.940.
The top performers on the SZSE Component were Shenzhen InfoGem Technologies Co Ltd (SZ:300085) which rose 10.02% to 10.54, By health (SZ:300146) which was up 7.67% to settle at 20.50 and YOUZU Interactive Co Ltd (SZ:002174) which gained 6.72% to close at 16.190.
The worst performers were Shenzhen Ysstech Info-Tech Co Ltd (SZ:300377) which was down 9.98% to 12.45 in late trade, Xiamen Meiya Pico Information (SZ:300188) which lost 6.58% to settle at 15.89 and Shennan Circuits Co Ltd Class A (SZ:002916) which was down 4.58% to 71.31 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1186 to 200 and 70 ended unchanged on the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
The CBOE China Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Shanghai Composite options, was unchanged 0.00% to 21.66.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.08% or 0.90 to $1186.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.29% or 0.21 to hit $72.33 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.26% or 0.21 to trade at $81.59 a barrel.
USD/CNY was down 0.08% to 6.8847, while EUR/CNY fell 0.21% to 8.0047.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 94.69.