China shares end lower as trade dispute looms; but post weekly gain

China stocks ended weaker on
Friday, as investors kept a cautious stance ahead of data that
was released after market hours, while U.S. tariff threats
continued to weigh.
** At close, the Shanghai Composite index was down 1% at
at 2,881.97 points, but still ended up 1.9% for the week. The
blue-chip CSI300 index closed 0.8% lower, but 2.5%
higher week-on-week.
** CSI300’s financial sector sub-index closed lower
by 0.6%, the consumer staples sector ended down
0.4%, t