Nearly 25 bln yuan lock-up shares eligible for trade

Lock-up shares worth nearly 25 billion yuan (around 4 billion U.S. dollars) will become eligible for trading on China's stock markets this week.

A total of 2.45 billion shares of 19 companies will be tradable on the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges, representing 0.57 percent of lock-up shares in China's A share market.

Chinese shares closed higher on Friday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index up 0.42 percent to finish at 2,046.96 points.