Investing.com – China equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Travel & Leisure, Electricity and Utilities sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Shanghai, the Shanghai Composite fell 2.16%, while the SZSE Component index declined 1.04%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Shanghai Composite were Capital Retail (SS:600723), which rose 10.06% or 0.830 points to trade at 9.080 at the close. Sanxia Materia (SS:600293) added 10.06% or 0.800 points to end at 8.750 and Asian Star (SS:601890) was up 10.05% or 1.060 points to 11.610 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Jinbei Automot (SS:600609), which lost 10.05% or 0.650 points to trade at 5.820 in late trade. Xinjiang Tiany (SS:600075) declined 10.00% or 1.60 points to end at 14.40 and Tianyi Science (SS:600378) shed 9.98% or 2.060 points to 18.590.
The top performers on the SZSE Component were Do-Fluoride Chemicals Co Ltd (SZ:002407) which rose 10.02% to 36.03, Zhejiang Wanma Co Ltd (SZ:002276) which was up 10.00% to settle at 20.46 and Shenzhen Yan Tian Port Holdings Co Ltd (SZ:000088) which gained 10.00% to close at 7.48.
The worst performers were Beijing Philisense Tech (SZ:300287) which was down 10.01% to 17.80 in late trade, Shanghai STEP Electric Corp (SZ:002527) which lost 9.99% to settle at 27.83 and Tianjin Zhonghuan Semiconductor Co Ltd (SZ:002129) which was down 6.12% to 10.28 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 756 to 197 on the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
The CBOE China Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Shanghai Composite options, was up 5.47% to 39.91.
In commodities trading, Gold for December delivery was up 0.15% or 1.70 to $1126.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.69% or 0.32 to hit $46.68 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.40% or 0.20 to trade at $49.27 a barrel.
USD/CNY was up 0.13% to 6.3842, while EUR/CNY rose 0.24% to 7.1146.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.02% at 96.51.