Investing.com – China equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Media, Retailers and Technology Hardware & Equipment sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Shanghai, the Shanghai Composite fell 0.12%, while the SZSE Component index lost 1.23%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Shanghai Composite were Jinxi Axle Co Ltd (SS:600495), which rose 10.10% or 0.420 points to trade at 4.580 at the close. Sichuan Western Resources Holding Co Ltd (SS:600139) added 10.09% or 0.470 points to end at 5.130 and Ningbo Thermal Power Co Ltd (SS:600982) was up 10.06% or 0.330 points to 3.610 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nanjing Xinjiekou Department Store Co Ltd (SS:600682), which lost 9.98% or 1.50 points to trade at 13.53 in late trade. Shandong Lukang Pharmaceutical Co Ltd (SS:600789) declined 9.93% or 1.370 points to end at 12.430 and Chongqing Road & Bridge Co Ltd (SS:600106) shed 9.92% or 0.390 points to 3.540.
The top performers on the SZSE Component were Oceanwide Holdings Co Ltd (SZ:000046) which rose 5.01% to 6.29, Zhejiang Supor Co Ltd (SZ:002032) which was up 4.49% to settle at 54.44 and Sichuan Haite High-tech Co Ltd (SZ:002023) which gained 4.47% to close at 13.78.
The worst performers were Shaanxi J&R Fire Protection Co Ltd (SZ:300116) which was down 10.04% to 2.42 in late trade, Jiuzhitang Co Ltd (SZ:000989) which lost 10.02% to settle at 15.45 and Chongqing Zhifei Bio Products (SZ:300122) which was down 10.00% to 37.18 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1013 to 385 and 25 ended unchanged on the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
The CBOE China Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Shanghai Composite options, was down 0.90% to 21.95.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.30% or 3.70 to $1219.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.45% or 0.31 to hit $69.00 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.17% or 0.13 to trade at $74.89 a barrel.
USD/CNY was up 0.20% to 6.8270, while EUR/CNY rose 0.16% to 7.9558.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 94.46.