Investing.com – China equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Financials, Media and Gas, Water & Multiutilities sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Shanghai, the Shanghai Composite added 3.15%, while the SZSE Component index added 3.10%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Shanghai Composite were Ningbo Marine (SS:600798), which rose 10.06% or 0.900 points to trade at 9.850 at the close. Xining Steel (SS:600117) added 10.05% or 0.750 points to end at 8.210 and Ningbo Fubang (SS:600768) was up 10.02% or 2.390 points to 26.250 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Huasheng (SS:600156), which lost 6.70% or 0.980 points to trade at 13.650 in late trade. Tyen Machinery (SS:600698) declined 6.67% or 0.810 points to end at 11.340 and Lujiazui (SS:600663) shed 4.72% or 2.490 points to 50.280.
The top performers on the SZSE Component were Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co Ltd (SZ:002415) which rose 10.00% to 39.48, Changjiang Securities Co Ltd (SZ:000783) which was up 9.99% to settle at 17.83 and Beijing Originwater Technology (SZ:300070) which gained 8.81% to close at 59.15.
The worst performers were Leshi Internet Info Tech (SZ:300104) which was down 4.04% to 73.70 in late trade, Zhejiang Dahua Technology Co Ltd (SZ:002236) which lost 0.04% to settle at 44.56 and Suzhou Gold Mantis Construction Decoration Co Ltd (SZ:002081) which was unchanged 0% to 32.53 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 843 to 121 on the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
The CBOE China Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Shanghai Composite options, was up 1.80% to 27.70.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was down 0.78% or 9.60 to $1218.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.90% or 0.54 to hit $59.70 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 1.00% or 0.67 to trade at $65.61 a barrel.
USD/CNY was up 0.02% to 6.2056, while EUR/CNY fell 1.19% to 6.9372.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.78% at 94.96.