1st LD-Writethru: Chinese shares close mixed Friday


BEIJING, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- Chinese stocks closed mixed on Friday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index up 0.24 percent to 3,716.28 points.

The Shenzhen Component Index closed 0.12 percent lower at 11,802.46 points.

Turnover of stocks covered by these two indices totaled about 1.56 trillion yuan (around 232.07 billion U.S. dollars), down from 1.63 trillion yuan on the previous trading day.

Stocks related to low-altitude economy, defense, real estate and new energy vehicle led the gains, while those in sectors such as gaming, and film and television saw the biggest declines.

The ChiNext Index, tracking China's Nasdaq-style board of growth enterprises, lost 0.39 percent to close at 2,772.38 points.

The STAR Composite Index, which reflects the performance of stocks on China's sci-tech innovation board, closed 0.18 percent lower at 1,584.04 points.

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