Investing.com – China equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Electricity, Utilities and Retailers sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Shanghai, the Shanghai Composite rose 0.23%, while the SZSE Component index added 0.31%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Shanghai Composite were Hna Innovation Hainan Co Ltd A (SS:600555), which rose 10.04% or 0.53 points to trade at 5.81 at the close. Hunan Copote Science Technology Co Ltd (SS:600476) added 9.99% or 1.720 points to end at 18.940 and Guangzhou Baiyunshan Pharmaceutical Holdings Co Ltd (SS:600332) was up 9.99% or 3.200 points to 35.230 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Jiangsu SOPO Chemical Co Ltd (SS:600746), which lost 10.06% or 0.730 points to trade at 6.530 in late trade. Hisense Electric Co Ltd (SS:600060) declined 10.02% or 1.490 points to end at 13.380 and Ningbo United Group Co Ltd (SS:600051) shed 10.02% or 0.880 points to 7.900.
The top performers on the SZSE Component were Beijing Enlight Media (SZ:300251) which rose 9.97% to 11.58, Wuxi Lead Auto Equipment Co Ltd (SZ:300450) which was up 6.41% to settle at 62.79 and Shenwu Environmental Tech (SZ:300156) which gained 5.94% to close at 12.49.
The worst performers were Thunder Software Technology Co Ltd (SZ:300496) which was down 9.99% to 35.77 in late trade, Nationz Technologies Inc (SZ:300077) which lost 9.26% to settle at 11.37 and Goldenmax International Technology Ltd (SZ:002636) which was down 8.63% to 11.11 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 808 to 505 and 59 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 22.87.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.06% or 0.80 to $1317.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.44% or 0.30 to hit $67.89 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.37% or 0.28 to trade at $74.46 a barrel.
USD/CNY was down 0.29% to 6.3412, while EUR/CNY fell 0.23% to 7.6521.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.25% at 91.62.