Investing.com – China equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Travel & Leisure, Retailers and Gas, Water & Multiutilities sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Shanghai, the Shanghai Composite fell 3.49% to hit a new 1-month low, while the SZSE Component index fell 5.32%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Shanghai Composite were Cn Citic Bank (SS:601998), which rose 10.03% or 0.740 points to trade at 8.120 at the close. Taiji Indust (SS:600667) added 10.03% or 0.640 points to end at 7.020 and Lawton Develop (SS:600209) was up 10.03% or 1.180 points to 12.950 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Shandong Iron (SS:600022), which lost 10.07% or 0.540 points to trade at 4.820 in late trade. Bj North Star (SS:601588) declined 10.06% or 0.710 points to end at 6.350 and Dalong Weiye (SS:600159) shed 10.05% or 0.740 points to 6.620.
The top performers on the SZSE Component were Shanghai New Culture Media Gr (SZ:300336) which rose 10.01% to 25.17, Wonders Information (SZ:300168) which was up 5.35% to settle at 54.00 and Leshi Internet Info Tech (SZ:300104) which gained 4.93% to close at 57.50.
The worst performers were Yunnan Aluminium Co Ltd (SZ:000807) which was down 10.05% to 6.80 in late trade, Tianjin Economic-technological Development Area Co Ltd (SZ:000652) which lost 10.04% to settle at 8.24 and Luxi Chemical Group Co Ltd (SZ:000830) which was down 10.04% to 8.06 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 911 to 56 on the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
The CBOE China Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Shanghai Composite options, was down 2.12% to 30.95.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was down 0.50% or 5.90 to $1163.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.24% or 0.14 to hit $57.09 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.56% or 0.35 to trade at $62.36 a barrel.
USD/CNY was up 0.05% to 6.2048, while EUR/CNY rose 0.13% to 6.8625.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.12% at 96.60.