Investing.com – China equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Life Insurance, Software & Computer Services and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Shanghai, the Shanghai Composite declined 2.06%, while the SZSE Component index fell 1.64%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Shanghai Composite were P2P Financial Information Service Co Ltd (SS:600696), which rose 10.05% or 0.860 points to trade at 9.420 at the close. Gangjiu (SS:600279) added 10.04% or 0.920 points to end at 10.080 and Lucky Film (SS:600135) was up 10.04% or 1.110 points to 12.170 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kailuan (SS:600997), which lost 10.02% or 0.610 points to trade at 5.480 in late trade. Xinjiang Tiany (SS:600075) declined 10.01% or 1.05 points to end at 9.44 and Ningbo Marine (SS:600798) shed 10.00% or 0.670 points to 6.030.
The top performers on the SZSE Component were Zhejiang Satellite Petrochemical Co Ltd (SZ:002648) which rose 10.05% to 9.09, Anhui Huilong Agricultural Means of Production Co Ltd (SZ:002556) which was up 10.04% to settle at 14.14 and Beingmate Baby & Child Food Co Ltd (SZ:002570) which gained 10.04% to close at 14.03.
The worst performers were Shanghai STEP Electric Corp (SZ:002527) which was down 10.00% to 18.27 in late trade, Shenzhen Hepalink Pharmaceutical Co Ltd (SZ:002399) which lost 9.96% to settle at 24.06 and Shenzhen Yan Tian Port Holdings Co Ltd (SZ:000088) which was down 9.36% to 7.36 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 824 to 133 on the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
The CBOE China Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Shanghai Composite options, was up 7.76% to 43.47.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was down 0.42% or 4.70 to $1127.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.59% or 0.26 to hit $44.69 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.59% or 0.28 to trade at $47.62 a barrel.
USD/CNY was down 0.10% to 6.3627, while EUR/CNY fell 0.10% to 7.1539.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.05% at 96.09.