China shares mixed at close of trade; Shanghai Composite up 0.18%

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China shares mixed at close of trade; Shanghai Composite up 0.18%
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Investing.com – China equities were mixed at the close on Friday, as gains in the Oil Equipment Services & Distribution , Banking and Financials sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Telecoms , Mobile and Technology Hardware & Equipment sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Shanghai, the Shanghai Composite gained 0.18%, while the SZSE Component index lost 0.20%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Shanghai Composite were Wuhan East Lake High Technology Group Co Ltd (SS: 600133 ), which rose 10.08% or 0.510 points to trade at 5.570 at the close. Shenzhen Kingdom SCI Tech Co Ltd (SS: 600446 ) added 10.02% or 0.950 points to end at 10.430 and Zhejiang Tiancheng Controls Co Ltd (SS: 603085 ) was up 10.01% or 1.31 points to 14.40 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Gangtai Holdin (SS: 600687 ), which lost 10.07% or 0.600 points to trade at 5.360 in late trade. CSSC Offshore & Marine Engineering Group Co Ltd (SS: 600685 ) declined 10.03% or 1.24 points to end at 11.12 and Korla Pear (SS: 600506 ) shed 10.02% or 1.320 points to 11.850.

The top performers on the SZSE Component were Zhejiang IDC Fluid Control Co Ltd (SZ: 002468 ) which rose 7.36% to 15.89, Ping An Bank Co Ltd (SZ: 000001 ) which was up 7.16% to settle at 10.03 and Shenzhen Jiawei Photovoltaic Lighting Co Ltd (SZ: 300317 ) which gained 7.07% to close at 5.91.

The worst performers were Beijing Kunlun Tech Co Ltd (SZ: 300418 ) which was down 9.97% to 14.81 in late trade, Anhui Anke BioTech Group (SZ: 300009 ) which lost 8.87% to settle at 14.80 and Guangdong Eastone Century Technology Co Ltd (SZ: 300310 ) which was down 7.67% to 5.66 at the close.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 826 to 516 and 102 ended unchanged on the Shanghai Stock Exchange.

The CBOE China Etf Volatility , which measures the implied volatility of Shanghai Composite options, was up 0.56% to 21.40.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.02% or 0.20 to $1194.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.71% or 0.48 to hit $68.31 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.67% or 0.50 to trade at $75.23 a barrel.

USD/CNY was up 0.06% to 6.8823, while EUR/CNY rose 0.25% to 7.9588.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 95.45.

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