Investing.com – China equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Travel & Leisure, Gas, Water & Multiutilities and Utilities sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Shanghai, the Shanghai Composite rose 0.73%, while the SZSE Component index gained 0.95%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Shanghai Composite were Huayuan Proper (SS:600743), which rose 10.07% or 0.740 points to trade at 8.090 at the close. Anyuan Coal (SS:600397) added 10.07% or 0.760 points to end at 8.310 and Shandong Iron (SS:600022) was up 10.07% or 0.440 points to 4.810 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ningbo Constru (SS:601789), which lost 6.21% or 0.940 points to trade at 14.190 in late trade. Jiangsu Province Communications Planning and Design Institute Ltd Co (SS:603018) declined 5.49% or 5.02 points to end at 86.49 and Hangxiao Steel (SS:600477) shed 5.35% or 0.680 points to 12.030.
The top performers on the SZSE Component were Xinjiang Beixin Road&Bridge Group Co Ltd (SZ:002307) which rose 10.03% to 15.36, Haima Automobile Group Co Ltd (SZ:000572) which was up 10.03% to settle at 8.78 and Fujian Star Net Communic Ltd (SZ:002396) which gained 10.02% to close at 26.470.
The worst performers were Leo Group Co Ltd (SZ:002131) which was down 8.13% to 63.20 in late trade, Luxshare Precision Industry Co Ltd (SZ:002475) which lost 7.11% to settle at 32.40 and Rongxin Power Electronic Co Ltd (SZ:002123) which was down 4.64% to 22.60 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 715 to 253 on the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
The CBOE China Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Shanghai Composite options, was down 4.96% to 29.87.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.36% or 4.00 to $1116.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 1.39% or 0.60 to hit $42.51 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 1.34% or 0.66 to trade at $48.53 a barrel.
USD/CNY was up 0.04% to 6.3941, while EUR/CNY fell 0.36% to 7.0773.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.29% at 96.88.