Investing.com – China equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Software & Computer Services, Technology and Media sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Shanghai, the Shanghai Composite rose 1.72%, while the SZSE Component index added 3.36%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Shanghai Composite were Js Chunlan (SS:600854), which rose 10.04% or 1.070 points to trade at 11.730 at the close. Wintime Energy (SS:600157) added 10.03% or 0.97 points to end at 10.64 and Jangho Curtain (SS:601886) was up 10.03% or 1.780 points to 19.530 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Dawning Information (SS:603019), which lost 5.49% or 8.07 points to trade at 138.80 in late trade. Ch Jialing Ind (SS:600877) declined 4.56% or 0.720 points to end at 15.080 and Datang Telecom (SS:600198) shed 4.17% or 2.160 points to 49.650.
The top performers on the SZSE Component were Huayi Brothers Media Corp (SZ:300027) which rose 10.01% to 48.35, AVIC Aircraft Co Ltd (SZ:000768) which was up 10.00% to settle at 48.50 and Weichai Power Co Ltd (SZ:000338) which gained 10.00% to close at 35.43.
The worst performers were Jiangsu Yanghe Brewery Joint-Stock Co Ltd (SZ:002304) which was down 1.39% to 98.60 in late trade, Gree Electric Appliances Inc of Zhuhai (SZ:000651) which lost 1.38% to settle at 64.15 and Yunnan Baiyao Group Co Ltd (SZ:000538) which was down 1.19% to 77.08 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 809 to 140 on the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
The CBOE China Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Shanghai Composite options, was up 1.96% to 31.18.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was down 0.04% or 0.50 to $1188.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.76% or 0.46 to hit $60.66 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.65% or 0.42 to trade at $65.30 a barrel.
USD/CNY was down 0.02% to 6.1980, while EUR/CNY rose 0.39% to 6.8015.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.37% at 97.17.