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Shares regain ground after five consecutive trading day decline

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2008-08-15 16:30

Chinese share prices gained 0.56 percent on Friday, snapping the downtrend of the previous five consecutive trading days.

The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index edged up 0.56 percent, or 13.53 points, to 2,450.61. The Shenzhen Component Index closed at 8,233.41 points, down 45.24 points, or 0.55 percent.

Aggregate turnover further shrank to 41.79 billion yuan ($6.08 billion) from 43.06 billion yuan on the previous trading day, still hovering around a 21-month trading volume low.

Losses outnumbered gains by 789 to 709 on both bourses.