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The blue-chip CSI300 index rose 0.1% to 4,885.75, while the Shanghai Composite Index gained 0.4% to 3,537.37 points.

The blue-chip CSI300 index fell 0.3% to 4,813.27, while the Shanghai Composite Index edged up 0.2% to 3528.15.

The S&P/ASX 200 index fell 0.6% to close at 6,642.6, after slipping as much as 0.8% during the session. It had ended 0.7% lower on Thursday.

Benchmark three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange (LME) was down 6.3 per cent at $4,509 a tonne.