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 gained 0.42%, while the SZSE Component index climbed 1.14%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Shanghai Composite were Grand Orient (SS:600327), which rose 10.07% or 0.760 points to trade at 8.310 at the close. Luyin Invest (SS:600784) added 10.06% or 0.680 points to end at 7.440 and Wuhu Port (SS:600575) was up 10.06% or 0.500 points to 5.470 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Huajing (SS:600886), which lost 10.02% or 1.490 points to trade at 13.380 in late trade. Sanmao Group (SS:600689) declined 10.01% or 1.370 points to end at 12.320 and Aerospace Elec (SS:600879) shed 9.97% or 1.980 points to 17.870.
The top performers on the SZSE Component were Hefei Department Store Group Co Ltd (SZ:000417) which rose 10.07% to 8.31, Jiangsu Sihuan Bioengineering Co Ltd (SZ:000518) which was up 10.07% to settle at 4.92 and Ningbo Cixing (SZ:300307) which gained 10.02% to close at 10.43.
The worst performers were Yunnan Copper Co Ltd (SZ:000878) which was down 10.03% to 10.76 in late trade, Renhe Pharmacy Co Ltd (SZ:000650) which lost 10.03% to settle at 10.14 and Shaanxi Ligeance Mineral Resources Co Ltd (SZ:000697) which was down 10.01% to 22.20 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 775 to 180 on the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
The CBOE China Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Shanghai Composite options, was down 7.86% to 39.17.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 1.00% or 11.20 to $1128.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 1.11% or 0.52 to hit $46.38 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract fell 0.51% or 0.25 to trade at $48.83 a barrel.
USD/CNY was down 0.05% to 6.3631, while EUR/CNY fell 0.16% to 7.2679.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.11% at 94.53.