Investing.com – China equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Technology Hardware & Equipment, Technology and Real Estate Investments & Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Shanghai, the Shanghai Composite lost 0.17%, while the SZSE Component index fell 0.76%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Shanghai Composite were Xining Special Steel Co Ltd (SS:600117), which rose 10.09% or 0.440 points to trade at 4.800 at the close. Anyang Iron & Steel Inc (SS:600569) added 10.05% or 0.390 points to end at 4.270 and Jiangsu General Science Technology Co Ltd (SS:601500) was up 10.04% or 0.840 points to 9.210 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Xin Jiang Ready Health Industry Co Ltd (SS:600090), which lost 10.06% or 0.720 points to trade at 6.440 in late trade. Citic Guoan Wine Co Ltd (SS:600084) declined 10.04% or 0.680 points to end at 6.090 and Shanghai Greencourt Investment Group Co Ltd B (SS:900919) shed 10.04% or 0.048 points to 0.430.
The top performers on the SZSE Component were Beihai Yinhe Industry Investment Co Ltd (SZ:000806) which rose 10.08% to 5.46, Shenzhen Capchem Tech (SZ:300037) which was up 4.69% to settle at 25.00 and Beijing Sevenstar Electronics Co Ltd (SZ:002371) which gained 4.67% to close at 47.07.
The worst performers were Hunan China Sun Pharma Machinery (SZ:300216) which was down 10.04% to 6.09 in late trade, Zhejiang Narada Power Source (SZ:300068) which lost 10.02% to settle at 13.47 and ZTE Corp (SZ:000063) which was down 10.01% to 25.36 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 751 to 564 and 80 ended unchanged on the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
The CBOE China Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Shanghai Composite options, was unchanged 0.00% to 18.73.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.39% or 5.10 to $1306.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.08% or 0.05 to hit $66.69 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.27% or 0.21 to trade at $76.53 a barrel.
USD/CNY was down 0.05% to 6.3941, while EUR/CNY rose 0.16% to 7.5537.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 93.39.