Investing.com – China equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Software & Computer Services, Technology and Technology Hardware & Equipment sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Shanghai, the Shanghai Composite rose 0.27%, while the SZSE Component index climbed 1.05%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Shanghai Composite were Inesa Intelligent Tech Inc A (SS:600602), which rose 10.06% or 0.720 points to trade at 7.880 at the close. Hubei Zhenhua Chemical Co Ltd (SS:603067) added 10.04% or 1.320 points to end at 14.470 and Wuhan DDMC Culture Co Ltd (SS:600136) was up 10.03% or 1.49 points to 16.34 in late trade.
Biggest losers included DELIXI XINJIANG Transportation Co Ltd (SS:603032), which lost 10.01% or 5.43 points to trade at 48.83 in late trade. Winsan Shanghai Medical Science and Technology Co Ltd (SS:600767) declined 4.99% or 0.340 points to end at 6.480 and Sinopec Oilfield Service Corp (SS:600871) shed 4.69% or 0.100 points to 2.030.
The top performers on the SZSE Component were Beijing SuperMap Software Co Ltd (SZ:300036) which rose 10.01% to 20.77, Chengdu CORPRO Technology Co Ltd (SZ:300101) which was up 10.01% to settle at 17.37 and Sichuan Kelun Pharmaceutical Co Ltd (SZ:002422) which gained 10.00% to close at 31.80.
The worst performers were Shenzhen Everwin Precision Tech (SZ:300115) which was down 4.08% to 18.57 in late trade, Hangzhou Binjiang Real Estate Group Co Ltd (SZ:002244) which lost 2.76% to settle at 7.39 and Thaihot Group Co Ltd (SZ:000732) which was down 2.71% to 27.68 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 945 to 349 and 75 ended unchanged on the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
The CBOE China Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Shanghai Composite options, was down 11.65% to 26.85.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.06% or 0.80 to $1325.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.79% or 0.51 to hit $64.89 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.04% or 0.03 to trade at $69.44 a barrel.
USD/CNY was down 0.30% to 6.2714, while EUR/CNY fell 0.07% to 7.7317.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 89.75.