Investing.com – China equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Software & Computer Services, Real Estate Investments & Services and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Shanghai, the Shanghai Composite rose 0.28%, while the SZSE Component index gained 0.44%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Shanghai Composite were Shanghai International Port Group Co Ltd (SS:600018), which rose 10.06% or 0.720 points to trade at 7.880 at the close. China United Travel Co Ltd (SS:600358) added 10.03% or 0.72 points to end at 7.90 and CTS International Logistics Corp Ltd (SS:603128) was up 10.03% or 0.990 points to 10.860 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Zhejiang Three Stars New Materials Co Ltd (SS:603578), which lost 9.99% or 4.63 points to trade at 41.70 in late trade. MeiHua Holdings Group Co Ltd (SS:600873) declined 6.47% or 0.420 points to end at 6.070 and Zhejiang Tuna Environmental Science & Technology Co Ltd (SS:603177) shed 6.02% or 1.42 points to 22.17.
The top performers on the SZSE Component were BlueFocus Communication Group (SZ:300058) which rose 10.03% to 7.90, Beijing Kunlun Tech Co Ltd (SZ:300418) which was up 10.02% to settle at 29.32 and Gohigh Data Networks Technology Co Ltd (SZ:000851) which gained 7.06% to close at 11.98.
The worst performers were Beijing Oriental Yuhong Waterproof Technology Co Ltd (SZ:002271) which was down 5.31% to 38.35 in late trade, Beijing UniStrong Science & Technology Co Ltd (SZ:002383) which lost 4.99% to settle at 16.57 and Anhui Gujing Distillery Co Ltd (SZ:000596) which was down 4.22% to 67.33 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1110 to 205 and 21 ended unchanged on the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
The CBOE China Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Shanghai Composite options, was up 2.03% to 17.62.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.52% or 6.70 to $1283.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.35% or 0.18 to hit $51.47 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.37% or 0.21 to trade at $57.44 a barrel.
USD/CNY was down 0.21% to 6.6171, while EUR/CNY fell 0.47% to 7.8050.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.46% at 93.43.