Investing.com – China stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Life Insurance, Travel & Leisure and Software & Computer Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Shanghai, the Shanghai Composite fell 0.19%, while the SZSE Component index lost 0.33%.
The best performers of the session on the Shanghai Composite were Liaoning Hongyang Energy Resource Invest Co Ltd (SS:600758), which rose 10.09% or 0.33 points to trade at 3.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Wolong Real Estate Group Co Ltd (SS:600173) added 10.09% or 0.350 points to end at 3.820 and Hunan Huasheng Co Ltd (SS:600156) was up 10.06% or 0.340 points to 3.720 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Angel Yeast Co Ltd (SS:600298), which fell 10.01% or 2.770 points to trade at 24.910 at the close. Shanghai Rongtai Health Technology Corp Ltd (SS:603579) declined 10.01% or 3.62 points to end at 32.54 and Tonghua Dongbao Pharmaceutical Co Ltd (SS:600867) was down 9.96% or 1.370 points to 12.380.
The top performers on the SZSE Component were JANUS Dongguan Precision Components Co Ltd (SZ:300083) which rose 10.19% to 2.92, Faw Car Co Ltd (SZ:000800) which was up 10.03% to settle at 6.80 and COFCO Property Group Co Ltd (SZ:000031) which gained 10.00% to close at 5.17.
The worst performers were Huadong Medicine Co Ltd (SZ:000963) which was down 6.62% to 35.00 in late trade, Changchun High & New Technology Industries Group Inc (SZ:000661) which lost 6.07% to settle at 162.30 and Beijing Shunxin Agriculture Co Ltd (SZ:000860) which was down 5.67% to 36.95 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Shanghai Stock Exchange by 959 to 435 and 68 ended unchanged.
Shares in Shanghai Rongtai Health Technology Corp Ltd (SS:603579) fell to 52-week lows; falling 10.01% or 3.62 to 32.54. Shares in Tonghua Dongbao Pharmaceutical Co Ltd (SS:600867) fell to 3-years lows; falling 9.96% or 1.370 to 12.380.
The CBOE China Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Shanghai Composite options, was down 6.52% to 30.56.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.65% or 8.00 to $1237.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.11% or 0.75 to hit $66.58 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.98% or 0.75 to trade at $76.14 a barrel.
USD/CNY was up 0.11% to 6.9562, while EUR/CNY rose 0.19% to 7.9154.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 96.35.