Investing.com – China equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Software & Computer Services, Telecoms and Mobile sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Shanghai, the Shanghai Composite lost 1.47%, while the SZSE Component index lost 1.79%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Shanghai Composite were Shanghai Zhongyida Co Ltd A (SS:600610), which rose 10.09% or 0.43 points to trade at 4.69 at the close. L&K Engineering Suzhou Co Ltd (SS:603929) added 10.00% or 2.41 points to end at 26.50 and Qingdao Topscomm Communication Inc (SS:603421) was up 10.00% or 2.330 points to 25.640 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Shanghai LongYun Advertising & Media Co Ltd (SS:603729), which lost 9.99% or 6.13 points to trade at 55.22 in late trade. Hna Innovation Hainan Co Ltd A (SS:600555) declined 9.98% or 0.63 points to end at 5.68 and Qinghaihuading Industrial Co Ltd (SS:600243) shed 9.95% or 0.630 points to 5.700.
The top performers on the SZSE Component were Nationz Technologies Inc (SZ:300077) which rose 9.99% to 11.45, Swan Fiber Co Ltd (SZ:000687) which was up 9.98% to settle at 11.13 and Tongfang Guoxin Electronics Co Ltd (SZ:002049) which gained 6.93% to close at 58.15.
The worst performers were Hand Enterprise Solutions Co (SZ:300170) which was down 10.02% to 15.27 in late trade, ShenZhen YUTO Packaging Technology Co Ltd (SZ:002831) which lost 9.45% to settle at 45.78 and Lianhe Chemical Technology Co Ltd (SZ:002250) which was down 9.14% to 9.15 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1181 to 162 and 23 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 22.01 a new 1-month low.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.34% or 4.60 to $1344.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.21% or 0.14 to hit $68.15 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.19% or 0.14 to trade at $73.64 a barrel.
USD/CNY was up 0.11% to 6.2861, while EUR/CNY rose 0.06% to 7.7548.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 89.73.