Investing.com – China equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Travel & Leisure, Telecoms and Mobile sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Shanghai, the Shanghai Composite lost 2.20%, while the SZSE Component index fell 3.33%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Shanghai Composite were Dunhuang Seed (SS:600354), which rose 10.06% or 0.870 points to trade at 9.520 at the close. Lianyungang Po (SS:601008) added 10.01% or 0.710 points to end at 7.800 and Ningbo Marine (SS:600798) was up 10.01% or 0.810 points to 8.900 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Panda Firework (SS:600599), which lost 10.01% or 2.870 points to trade at 25.800 in late trade. Zhongfa Suntec (SS:600520) declined 10.01% or 2.52 points to end at 22.65 and Hundsun Tech (SS:600570) shed 10.00% or 7.200 points to 64.800.
The top performers on the SZSE Component were Guizhou Space Appliance Co Ltd (SZ:002025) which rose 10.00% to 38.38, Shandong Mining Machinery Group Co Ltd (SZ:002526) which was up 10.00% to settle at 10.45 and Beijing BDStar Navigation Co Ltd (SZ:002151) which gained 10.00% to close at 41.13.
The worst performers were Hubei Dinglong Chemical (SZ:300054) which was down 10.02% to 19.22 in late trade, Hand Enterprise Solutions Co (SZ:300170) which lost 10.01% to settle at 19.78 and Shenzhen Aisidi Co Ltd (SZ:002416) which was down 10.00% to 16.74 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 788 to 186 on the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
The CBOE China Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Shanghai Composite options, was down 8.51% to 30.97.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.67% or 7.30 to $1086.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.36% or 0.17 to hit $48.97 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.94% or 0.50 to trade at $53.88 a barrel.
USD/CNY was up 0.01% to 6.2097, while EUR/CNY fell 0.29% to 6.8011.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.21% at 97.42.