国内英语新闻:China's stocks close higher Friday, led by medical shares

BEIJING, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- Chinese equities closed higher on Friday with the key Shanghai stock index up 0.26 percent, boosted by robust performance of the medical sector.

A superbug which is spreading globally spurred investors to switch to drugmakers. And reports of deaths from hard tick bites in central China's Henan Province added to the investment tendency.

The medical sector rose by 4 percent as a whole on Friday, with several medical shares, including Lukang Pharma, Neptunus, Chase Sun and Meheco, increased by the daily upper limit of 10 percent.

The property sector was unsettled over concerns of further property market tightening measures as China's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said property prices in 70 major cities rose 9.3 percent in August.

China Vanke Co., the country's largest listed developer, fell 1.45 percent than the previous close to stand at 8.16 yuan (1.2 U.S. dollars) on Friday.

The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index climbed 6.86 points, or 0.26 percent to closed at 2,663.21. The Shenzhen Component Index rose 65.64 points, or 0.57 percent, to end at 11,530.99.

Combined turnover stood at 257.19 billion yuan (38.03 billion U.S. dollars) from 297.99 billion yuan on the previous trading day.

Gainers outnumbered losers by 506 to 344 in Shanghai and by 634 to 390 in Shenzhen.