Investing.com – China equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Real Estate Investments & Services, Financials and Travel & Leisure sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Shanghai, the Shanghai Composite fell 0.79% to hit a new 1-month low, while the SZSE Component index lost 1.20%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Shanghai Composite were Shanghai U9 Game Co Ltd (SS:600652), which rose 10.05% or 0.400 points to trade at 4.380 at the close. China Sports Industry Group Co Ltd (SS:600158) added 9.99% or 0.810 points to end at 8.920 and Topscore Fashion Shoes Co Ltd (SS:603608) was up 7.60% or 0.790 points to 11.180 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Dalian Sunasia Tourism Holding Co Ltd (SS:600593), which lost 10.01% or 3.040 points to trade at 27.340 in late trade. Guangdong Songfa Ceramics Co Ltd (SS:603268) declined 10.00% or 2.120 points to end at 19.090 and Kunwu Jiuding Investment Holdings Co Ltd (SS:600053) shed 8.54% or 2.060 points to 22.050.
The top performers on the SZSE Component were Chongqing Pharscin Pharmaceutical Co Ltd (SZ:002907) which rose 9.98% to 19.72, YOUZU Interactive Co Ltd (SZ:002174) which was up 9.98% to settle at 18.180 and Zhejiang Jinlei Refractories Co Ltd (SZ:002624) which gained 6.67% to close at 28.14.
The worst performers were Shenzhen Techand Eco Environment (SZ:300197) which was down 10.06% to 4.83 in late trade, Tonghua Golden-Horse Pharmaceutical Industry Co Ltd (SZ:000766) which lost 8.71% to settle at 7.23 and Sichuan Tianqi Lithium Industries Inc (SZ:002466) which was down 6.81% to 31.87 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1044 to 348 and 83 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 28.68.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.26% or 3.35 to $1264.55 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.11% or 0.51 to hit $46.39 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 1.03% or 0.56 to trade at $54.91 a barrel.
USD/CNY was up 0.13% to 6.8944, while EUR/CNY rose 0.24% to 7.9048.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 95.808.