Investing.com – China equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Retailers, Software & Computer Services and Gas, Water & Multiutilities sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Shanghai, the Shanghai Composite rose 0.32%, while the SZSE Component index climbed 1.20%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Shanghai Composite were China Haisheng (SS:600896), which rose 10.06% or 0.840 points to trade at 9.190 at the close. Harbin Pharm (SS:600664) added 10.04% or 1.340 points to end at 14.690 and Cred Holding (SS:600890) was up 10.02% or 1.34 points to 14.71 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Heihua (SS:600179), which lost 6.43% or 1.660 points to trade at 24.140 in late trade. Danhua Chem (SS:600844) declined 5.00% or 0.800 points to end at 15.200 and Dawning Information (SS:603019) shed 4.29% or 5.69 points to 126.80.
The top performers on the SZSE Component were Suning Commerce Group Co Ltd (SZ:002024) which rose 6.54% to 22.80, Beijing Originwater Technology (SZ:300070) which was up 4.68% to settle at 59.51 and AVIC Aircraft Co Ltd (SZ:000768) which gained 2.91% to close at 44.51.
The worst performers were Leshi Internet Info Tech (SZ:300104) which was down 2.78% to 68.42 in late trade, Bank of Ningbo Co Ltd (SZ:002142) which lost 2.46% to settle at 22.18 and BYD Co Ltd (SZ:002594) which was down 2.41% to 74.00 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 639 to 299 on the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
The CBOE China Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Shanghai Composite options, was down 6.02% to 30.42.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was down 0.29% or 3.50 to $1183.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.37% or 0.23 to hit $61.20 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.19% or 0.12 to trade at $65.58 a barrel.
USD/CNY was up 0.00% to 6.2060, while EUR/CNY fell 0.45% to 6.9960.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.48% at 95.03.