1st LD-Writethru: Chinese shares close higher Friday

BEIJING, June 12 (Xinhua) -- Chinese stocks closed higher on Friday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index increasing 1.12 percent to 4,031.51 points.

The Shenzhen Component Index closed 0.75 percent higher at 14,963.41 points.

The combined turnover of stocks covered by the two indices reached 3.24 trillion yuan (about 476 billion U.S. dollars), up from 2.55 trillion yuan on the previous trading day.

In market trading, non-ferrous metals, commercial aerospace, and power grid equipment shares were among the top gainers, while industrial gas and glass substrates sectors led the declines.

The ChiNext Index, tracking China's Nasdaq-style board of growth enterprises, gained 0.5 percent to close at 3,830.35 points.

The STAR Composite Index, which reflects the performance of stocks on China's sci-tech innovation board, closed 0.24 percent lower at 2,029.33 points on Friday. Enditem