Investing.com – China equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Technology Hardware & Equipment, Travel & Leisure and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Shanghai, the Shanghai Composite lost 1.13%, while the SZSE Component index declined 0.17%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Shanghai Composite were Tielong Log (SS:600125), which rose 10.04% or 1.110 points to trade at 12.170 at the close. Tibet Urban In (SS:600773) added 10.03% or 1.560 points to end at 17.110 and Zhixin Elect (SS:600517) was up 10.03% or 1.080 points to 11.850 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Xinji Energy (SS:601918), which lost 10.03% or 1.460 points to trade at 13.100 in late trade. Yidong (SS:600148) declined 10.01% or 3.230 points to end at 29.040 and Electro-Optic (SS:600184) shed 10.01% or 3.600 points to 32.380.
The top performers on the SZSE Component were Shandong Mining Machinery Group Co Ltd (SZ:002526) which rose 10.05% to 11.50, Wuhu Token Sciences (SZ:300088) which was up 10.02% to settle at 22.29 and Jiangsu Sihuan Bioengineering Co Ltd (SZ:000518) which gained 10.02% to close at 6.92.
The worst performers were Leo Group Co Ltd (SZ:002131) which was down 10.00% to 48.43 in late trade, Zhuhai Orbita Control Eng (SZ:300053) which lost 10.00% to settle at 42.73 and China Aviation Optical-Electrical Technology Co Ltd (SZ:002179) which was down 10.00% to 47.79 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 677 to 297 on the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
The CBOE China Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Shanghai Composite options, was down 2.32% to 30.25.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.71% or 7.70 to $1081.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.39% or 0.68 to hit $47.84 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 1.01% or 0.54 to trade at $52.77 a barrel.
USD/CNY was up 0.00% to 6.2098, while EUR/CNY fell 0.02% to 6.7865.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.07% at 97.69.