Investing.com – China equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Software & Computer Services, Retailers and Gas, Water & Multiutilities sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Shanghai, the Shanghai Composite declined 1.45%, while the SZSE Component index lost 1.84%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Shanghai Composite were Eastlake Tech (SS:600133), which rose 10.05% or 0.950 points to trade at 10.400 at the close. Hang Zhou Iron (SS:600126) added 10.05% or 0.750 points to end at 8.210 and Whirlwind (SS:600172) was up 10.03% or 1.220 points to 13.380 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Merro Pharm (SS:600297), which lost 10.02% or 1.900 points to trade at 17.060 in late trade. Routon Elect (SS:600355) declined 10.00% or 2.070 points to end at 18.640 and Guangan (SS:600979) shed 10.00% or 0.920 points to 8.280.
The top performers on the SZSE Component were Hangzhou Binjiang Real Estate Group Co Ltd (SZ:002244) which rose 10.06% to 7.11, Suzhou Good-Ark Electronics Co Ltd (SZ:002079) which was up 10.03% to settle at 7.79 and Foshan Electrical and Lighting Co Ltd (SZ:000541) which gained 10.02% to close at 12.63.
The worst performers were Vtron Technologies Ltd (SZ:002308) which was down 10.01% to 22.570 in late trade, Henan Senyuan Electric Co Ltd (SZ:002358) which lost 10.01% to settle at 17.00 and Zhangzidao Group Co Ltd (SZ:002069) which was down 10.00% to 14.40 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 785 to 169 on the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
The CBOE China Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Shanghai Composite options, was down 4.29% to 46.86.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.44% or 4.90 to $1106.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.39% or 0.17 to hit $44.32 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 0.13% or 0.06 to trade at $47.52 a barrel.
USD/CNY was up 0.03% to 6.3795, while EUR/CNY fell 0.10% to 7.1399.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.16% at 96.11.