Investing.com – China equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Software & Computer Services, Technology and Retailers sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Shanghai, the Shanghai Composite gained 3.05%, while the SZSE Component index added 3.20%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Shanghai Composite were Js Future Land (SS:900950), which rose 10.08% or 0.050 points to trade at 0.546 at the close. Huayuan Proper (SS:600743) added 10.08% or 0.650 points to end at 7.100 and Ch Text Mach-B (SS:900906) was up 10.06% or 0.064 points to 0.700 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Zhongchangmari (SS:600242), which lost 0.64% or 0.070 points to trade at 10.880 in late trade. Ningbo Fuda (SS:600724) declined 0.48% or 0.040 points to end at 8.380 and Hongxing Steel (SS:600307) shed 0.19% or 0.010 points to 5.360.
The top performers on the SZSE Component were Suning Commerce Group Co Ltd (SZ:002024) which rose 10.02% to 17.68, Leshi Internet Info Tech (SZ:300104) which was up 10.00% to settle at 162.75 and Suzhou Gold Mantis Construction Decoration Co Ltd (SZ:002081) which gained 8.07% to close at 32.53.
The worst performers were Changjiang Securities Co Ltd (SZ:000783) which was unchanged 0% to 17.54 in late trade, China Merchants Property Development Co Ltd (SZ:000024) which unchanged 0% to settle at 31.96 and Chongqing Changan Automobile Co Ltd (SZ:000625) which was up 0.33% to 24.30 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 966 to 5 on the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
The CBOE China Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Shanghai Composite options, was down 1.06% to 30.68.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was down 0.34% or 4.00 to $1184.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.27% or 0.16 to hit $59.55 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.39% or 0.26 to trade at $66.42 a barrel.
USD/CNY was up 0.02% to 6.2092, while EUR/CNY fell 0.41% to 6.9294.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.30% at 95.19.