Investing.com – China equities were mixed at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Software & Computer Services, Technology and Technology Hardware & Equipment sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Travel & Leisure, Real Estate Investments & Services and Banking sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Shanghai, the Shanghai Composite declined 0.04%, while the SZSE Component index added 0.25%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Shanghai Composite were Guangxi Guidong Eletric Power Co Ltd (SS:600310), which rose 10.13% or 0.400 points to trade at 4.350 at the close. ARTS Group Co Ltd (SS:603017) added 10.00% or 0.950 points to end at 10.450 and Eastern Communications Co Ltd A (SS:600776) was up 9.98% or 0.490 points to 5.400 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Chongqing Fuling Electric Power Industrial Co Ltd (SS:600452), which lost 5.12% or 0.910 points to trade at 16.860 in late trade. Beihai Gofar Marine Biological Industry Co Ltd (SS:600538) declined 4.86% or 0.270 points to end at 5.290 and Yifeng Pharmacy Chain Co Ltd (SS:603939) shed 4.59% or 2.34 points to 48.66.
The top performers on the SZSE Component were Guangdong Eastone Century Technology Co Ltd (SZ:300310) which rose 10.11% to 4.79, Shenzhen Tatfook Tech (SZ:300134) which was up 9.99% to settle at 9.36 and Tatwah Smartech Co Ltd (SZ:002512) which gained 9.98% to close at 6.72.
The worst performers were Zhonghong Holding Co Ltd (SZ:000979) which was down 11.11% to 0.32 in late trade, Hand Enterprise Solutions Co (SZ:300170) which lost 7.78% to settle at 9.96 and United Electronics Co Ltd (SZ:002642) which was down 5.37% to 7.23 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 945 to 456 and 71 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 28.78.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.11% or 1.40 to $1227.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.43% or 0.22 to hit $51.41 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 0.20% or 0.12 to trade at $60.44 a barrel.
USD/CNY was up 0.07% to 6.9455, while EUR/CNY rose 0.14% to 7.8724.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.00% at 96.977.