Chinese shares close higher Friday

Chinese stocks closed higher on Friday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index up 1.02 percent to 3,940.04 points.

The Shenzhen Component Index closed 1.42 percent higher at 14,311.01 points.

The ChiNext Index, tracking China's Nasdaq-style board of growth enterprises, gained 1.35 percent to close at 3,563.12 points.

The STAR Composite Index, which reflects the performance of stocks on China's sci-tech innovation board, closed 3.35 percent higher at 2,019.44 points.

Chinese shares close higher Friday

Chinese shares close higher Friday

The stocks of the Republic of Korea (ROK) closed lower on Friday.

The benchmark Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) dropped 37.61 points, or 0.60 percent, to close at 6,258.77, and the tech-heavy KOSDAQ Index lost 2.86 points, or 0.36 percent, to finish at 798.81 points.

ROK stocks close lower on Friday