Investing.com – China equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Software & Computer Services, Technology and Technology Hardware & Equipment sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Shanghai, the Shanghai Composite rose 1.91%, while the SZSE Component index added 3.31%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Shanghai Composite were Huayuan Proper (SS:600743), which rose 10.10% or 0.490 points to trade at 5.340 at the close. Wuzhou Comm (SS:600368) added 10.10% or 0.510 points to end at 5.560 and Jinjian Cereal (SS:600127) was up 10.09% or 0.560 points to 6.110 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Huajing (SS:600886), which lost 10.01% or 1.340 points to trade at 12.040 in late trade. Sanmao Group (SS:600689) declined 9.98% or 1.230 points to end at 11.090 and Sanmao Textile (SS:900922) shed 8.25% or 0.068 points to 0.756.
The top performers on the SZSE Component were Suning Universal Co Ltd (SZ:000718) which rose 10.06% to 7.00, Shenzhen Selen Science & Technology Co Ltd (SZ:002341) which was up 10.05% to settle at 11.83 and Hongbo Co Ltd (SZ:002229) which gained 10.04% to close at 15.24.
The worst performers were Xinxing Ductile Iron Pipes Co Ltd (SZ:000778) which was down 10.02% to 7.63 in late trade, Shaanxi Ligeance Mineral Resources Co Ltd (SZ:000697) which lost 10.00% to settle at 19.98 and Beijing Philisense Tech (SZ:300287) which was down 9.99% to 43.95 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 923 to 32 on the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
The CBOE China Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Shanghai Composite options, was up 4.29% to 40.85.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.07% or 0.80 to $1138.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.57% or 0.70 to hit $45.73 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 1.41% or 0.67 to trade at $48.14 a barrel.
USD/CNY was up 0.07% to 6.3689, while EUR/CNY rose 0.19% to 7.2079.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.10% at 95.27.