Investing.com – China equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Gas, Water & Multiutilities, Software & Computer Services and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Shanghai, the Shanghai Composite rose 0.08%, while the SZSE Component index climbed 0.37%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Shanghai Composite were China Enter (SS:600675), which rose 10.07% or 0.720 points to trade at 7.870 at the close. Yimin (SS:600824) added 10.05% or 0.760 points to end at 8.320 and Sh Trading (SS:600822) was up 10.05% or 1.000 points to 10.950 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pharm Glass (SS:600529), which lost 10.02% or 1.720 points to trade at 15.440 in late trade. Guangan (SS:600979) declined 10.02% or 0.830 points to end at 7.450 and Beijing Xinwei Telecom Technology Group Co Ltd (SS:600485) shed 10.01% or 2.930 points to 26.350.
The top performers on the SZSE Component were Hytera Communications Corp Ltd (SZ:002583) which rose 10.00% to 18.37, Invengo Information Technology Co Ltd (SZ:002161) which was up 10.00% to settle at 13.20 and Inspur Electronic Info Industr (SZ:000977) which gained 10.00% to close at 24.200.
The worst performers were Yunnan Copper Co Ltd (SZ:000878) which was down 10.02% to 16.08 in late trade, Vtron Technologies Ltd (SZ:002308) which lost 10.01% to settle at 20.310 and Zhangzidao Group Co Ltd (SZ:002069) which was down 6.32% to 13.49 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 651 to 305 on the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
The CBOE China Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Shanghai Composite options, was up 4.61% to 49.02.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.08% or 0.90 to $1108.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 1.71% or 0.79 to hit $45.13 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 1.48% or 0.72 to trade at $48.16 a barrel.
USD/CNY was down 0.07% to 6.3727, while EUR/CNY rose 0.16% to 7.2050.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.16% at 95.40.