Investing.com – China equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Gas, Water & Multiutilities, Technology Hardware & Equipment and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Shanghai, the Shanghai Composite rose 0.16% to hit a new 52-week high, while the SZSE Component index climbed 0.81%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Shanghai Composite were Keda Clean Energy Co Ltd (SS:600499), which rose 10.03% or 1.140 points to trade at 12.510 at the close. Yongji Printing Co Ltd (SS:603058) added 10.02% or 2.160 points to end at 23.720 and Poten Environment Group Co Ltd (SS:603603) was up 10.01% or 4.84 points to 53.19 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Yangzhou Asiastar Bus Co Ltd (SS:600213), which lost 5.41% or 0.750 points to trade at 13.110 in late trade. Xinjiang Ba Yi Iron & Steel Co Ltd (SS:600581) declined 5.34% or 0.860 points to end at 15.250 and Nanjing Inform Storage Equipment Group Co Ltd (SS:603066) shed 4.47% or 0.84 points to 17.96.
The top performers on the SZSE Component were Zhejiang Nanyang Technology Co Ltd (SZ:002389) which rose 10.00% to 27.40, Beijing Sanju Environmental (SZ:300072) which was up 9.99% to settle at 36.98 and Inner Mongolia Hotision Monsod (SZ:300355) which gained 9.99% to close at 14.20.
The worst performers were Fujian Newland Computer Co Ltd (SZ:000997) which was down 3.41% to 22.65 in late trade, Muyuan Foodstuff Co Ltd (SZ:002714) which lost 2.80% to settle at 38.55 and Beijing Venustech Inc (SZ:002439) which was down 2.66% to 22.32 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 846 to 415 and 61 ended unchanged on the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
The CBOE China Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Shanghai Composite options, was up 0.06% to 17.71.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.16% or 2.04 to $1298.54 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.34% or 0.68 to hit $51.28 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 1.30% or 0.73 to trade at $56.98 a barrel.
USD/CNY was down 0.12% to 6.5821, while EUR/CNY fell 0.17% to 7.7824.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 92.88.