Investing.com – China equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Travel & Leisure, Gas, Water & Multiutilities and Utilities sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Shanghai, the Shanghai Composite lost 0.95%, while the SZSE Component index unchanged 0.00%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Shanghai Composite were , which unchanged or points to trade at at the close. unchanged or points to end at and was unchanged or points to in late trade.
Biggest losers included , which unchanged or points to trade at in late trade. unchanged or points to end at and or points to .
The top performers on the SZSE Component were which unchanged to , which was unchanged to settle at and which unchanged to close at .
The worst performers were which was unchanged to in late trade, which unchanged to settle at and which was unchanged to at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 0 to 0 on the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
The CBOE China Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Shanghai Composite options, was up 0.12% to 32.81.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.82% or 9.60 to $1175.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.10% or 0.04 to hit $46.62 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.26% or 0.13 to trade at $49.56 a barrel.
USD/CNY was up 0.07% to 6.3469, while EUR/CNY rose 0.42% to 7.2485.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.31% at 94.50.