Investing.com – China equities were mixed at the close on Friday, as gains in the Travel & Leisure, Life Insurance and Oil Equipment Services & Distribution sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Software & Computer Services, Technology and Technology Hardware & Equipment sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Shanghai, the Shanghai Composite gained 0.40%, while the SZSE Component index lost 0.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Shanghai Composite were Ningxia Xinri Hengli Steel Wire Rope Co Ltd (SS:600165), which rose 10.07% or 0.410 points to trade at 4.480 at the close. Zhejiang Tiancheng Controls Co Ltd (SS:603085) added 10.03% or 1.29 points to end at 14.15 and Gangtai Holdin (SS:600687) was up 10.03% or 0.400 points to 4.390 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nanjing Central Emporium Group Stocks Co Ltd (SS:600280), which lost 9.97% or 0.610 points to trade at 5.510 in late trade. Dawning Information Industry Co Ltd (SS:603019) declined 8.25% or 4.38 points to end at 48.74 and China National Software & Service Co Ltd (SS:600536) shed 6.71% or 2.080 points to 28.920.
The top performers on the SZSE Component were Huawen Media Investment Corp (SZ:000793) which rose 10.06% to 3.83, Yinji Entertainment Media Co Ltd (SZ:002143) which was up 10.05% to settle at 4.27 and Xingyuan Environment Technology Co Ltd (SZ:300266) which gained 9.97% to close at 3.97.
The worst performers were Shandong Qixing Iron Tower Co Ltd (SZ:002359) which was down 9.96% to 12.02 in late trade, Beijing Shiji Information Technology Co Ltd (SZ:002153) which lost 8.55% to settle at 34.98 and Beijing Sevenstar Electronics Co Ltd (SZ:002371) which was down 7.80% to 50.80 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 849 to 481 and 113 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 24.48.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.02% or 0.20 to $1204.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.27% or 0.18 to hit $67.95 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.22% or 0.17 to trade at $76.67 a barrel.
USD/CNY was up 0.05% to 6.8387, while EUR/CNY rose 0.19% to 7.9604.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 94.90.