Investing.com – China equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Media, Technology Hardware & Equipment and Retailers sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Shanghai, the Shanghai Composite lost 0.65%, while the SZSE Component index fell 1.23%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Shanghai Composite were Qingdao Huijintong Power Eouipment Co Ltd (SS:603577), which rose 10.03% or 1.350 points to trade at 14.810 at the close. Qingdao Tianhua Institute Chemistry Engineering Co Ltd (SS:600579) added 10.01% or 1.01 points to end at 11.10 and Comefly Outdoor Co Ltd (SS:603908) was up 10.00% or 3.39 points to 37.29 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Jien Nickel (SS:600432), which lost 10.07% or 0.550 points to trade at 4.910 in late trade. Suzhou Douson Drilling & Production Equipment Co Ltd (SS:603800) declined 10.01% or 2.290 points to end at 20.580 and Shenji Group Kunming Machine Tool Co Ltd (SS:600806) shed 9.96% or 0.520 points to 4.700.
The top performers on the SZSE Component were CNNC Hua Yuan Titanium Dioxide Co Ltd (SZ:002145) which rose 9.92% to 4.21, First Capital Securities Co Ltd Class A (SZ:002797) which was up 6.10% to settle at 7.13 and Zhejiang Supor Co Ltd (SZ:002032) which gained 4.47% to close at 53.99.
The worst performers were Jiangsu Kangde Xin Composite Material Co Ltd (SZ:002450) which was down 10.01% to 17.08 in late trade, Chongqing Zhifei Bio Products (SZ:300122) which lost 10.00% to settle at 41.95 and Anhui Shengyun Environment-Protection Group Co Ltd (SZ:300090) which was down 9.96% to 8.32 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 900 to 435 and 40 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 20.63.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.14% or 1.80 to $1298.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.10% or 0.07 to hit $67.11 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.17% or 0.13 to trade at $77.69 a barrel.
USD/CNY was up 0.03% to 6.4120, while EUR/CNY rose 0.07% to 7.5031.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 93.95.