BEIJING, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) — Chinese stocks closed higher on Friday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index up 0.1 percent to 3,963.68 points.
The Shenzhen Component Index closed 0.54 percent higher at 13,603.89 points.
The combined turnover of these two indices totaled 2.16 trillion yuan (about 307 billion U.S. dollars), up from 1.92 trillion yuan the previous trading day.
Stocks related to commercial spaceflight, lithium battery and the Hainan Free Trade Port led the gains, while the papermaking and computing hardware sectors were among the major losers.
The ChiNext Index, tracking China’s Nasdaq-style board of growth enterprises, gained 0.14 percent to close at 3,243.88 points. ■