Investing.com – China equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Technology Hardware & Equipment, Gas, Water & Multiutilities and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Shanghai, the Shanghai Composite declined 2.13%, while the SZSE Component index fell 2.83%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Shanghai Composite were Eastern Gold Jade Co Ltd (SS:600086), which rose 10.08% or 0.510 points to trade at 5.570 at the close. Shanghai Xinhua Media Co Ltd (SS:600825) added 10.05% or 0.550 points to end at 6.020 and Shanghai Shibei Hi-Tech Co Ltd A (SS:600604) was up 10.02% or 1.01 points to 11.09 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Huayi Electric Co Ltd (SS:600290), which lost 10.07% or 0.600 points to trade at 5.360 in late trade. Nanjing Textiles Import & Export Corp Ltd (SS:600250) declined 10.05% or 0.880 points to end at 7.880 and Minfeng Special Paper Co Ltd (SS:600235) shed 10.03% or 1.050 points to 9.420.
The top performers on the SZSE Component were Anhui Shengyun Environment-Protection Group Co Ltd (SZ:300090) which rose 10.04% to 3.07, Zhuhai Orbita Control Eng (SZ:300053) which was up 9.96% to settle at 10.05 and Chengdu CORPRO Technology Co Ltd (SZ:300101) which gained 7.77% to close at 12.06.
The worst performers were Shandong Realcan Pharmaceutical Co Ltd (SZ:002589) which was down 10.03% to 8.43 in late trade, Tatwah Smartech Co Ltd (SZ:002512) which unchanged 0.00% to settle at 7.82 and Zhonghong Holding Co Ltd (SZ:000979) which was down 10.00% to 0.54 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1339 to 122 and 11 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 31.25.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.38% or 4.60 to $1225.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.33% or 0.19 to hit $56.95 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.63% or 0.42 to trade at $66.37 a barrel.
USD/CNY was down 0.03% to 6.9402, while EUR/CNY rose 0.04% to 7.9538.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 96.03.