China's stocks closed mixed on Friday, with the Shanghai index rising following positive March factory surveys. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index went up 0.19 percent to 3,009.53 points. The smaller Shenzhen index edged down 0.72 percent to 10,379.65 points.
Total turnover on the two bourses amounted to 582.99 billion yuan (90.25 billion U.S. dollars), down from 696.93 billion yuan on the previous trading day. Coal, oil, steel and banks led the rise. Artificial intelligence, virtual reality and network safety led the losses.
The A-share market expanded 1.01 percent this week, rising for the third week running. China's manufacturing activity rebounded to the highest level since last August in March with the purchasing managers' index (PMI) at 50.2 in March, up from February's 49, according to official data released on Friday.
The ChiNext Index, which tracks China's NASDAQ-style board of growth enterprises, declined 1.47 percent to 2,205.37 points on Friday.
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