China shares mixed at close of trade; Shanghai Composite up 0.40%

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China shares mixed at close of trade; Shanghai Composite up 0.40%
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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.

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