Investing.com – China equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Real Estate Investments & Services, Financials and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Shanghai, the Shanghai Composite added 1.24%, while the SZSE Component index added 1.18%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Shanghai Composite were Zhejiang Haiyue Co Ltd (SS:600387), which rose 10.05% or 0.840 points to trade at 9.200 at the close. Hubei Zhenhua Chemical Co Ltd (SS:603067) added 10.04% or 1.200 points to end at 13.150 and Qingdao Huijintong Power Equipment Co Ltd (SS:603577) was up 10.01% or 1.170 points to 12.860 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Zhejiang Three Stars New Materials Co Ltd (SS:603578), which lost 9.99% or 3.99 points to trade at 35.95 in late trade. Sanan Optoelectronics Co Ltd (SS:600703) declined 5.92% or 1.460 points to end at 23.190 and Sinomach Automobile Co Ltd (SS:600335) shed 5.43% or 0.640 points to 11.140.
The top performers on the SZSE Component were Thaihot Group Co Ltd (SZ:000732) which rose 10.02% to 28.45, China Vanke Co Ltd Class A (SZ:000002) which was up 9.03% to settle at 34.16 and Luxi Chemical Group Co Ltd (SZ:000830) which gained 8.28% to close at 17.52.
The worst performers were HC Semitek Corp (SZ:300323) which was down 7.20% to 18.30 in late trade, Zhejiang Hexin Industry Group Co Ltd (SZ:002343) which lost 5.00% to settle at 39.10 and Hangzhou Tigermed Consulting (SZ:300347) which was down 4.70% to 50.90 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1106 to 230 and 28 ended unchanged on the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
The CBOE China Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Shanghai Composite options, was up 5.89% to 30.39.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was up 0.01% or 0.10 to $1324.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.36% or 0.23 to hit $64.61 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.12% or 0.08 to trade at $68.84 a barrel.
USD/CNY was down 0.11% to 6.2910, while EUR/CNY fell 0.06% to 7.7470.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 89.71.