Investing.com – China equities were mixed at the close on Monday, as gains in the Life Insurance, Travel & Leisure and Media sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Oil Equipment Services & Distribution, Electricity and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Shanghai, the Shanghai Composite declined 0.19%, while the SZSE Component index gained 0.17%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Shanghai Composite were Hunan Fangsheng Pharmaceutical Co Ltd (SS:603998), which rose 10.04% or 0.97 points to trade at 10.63 at the close. Wei Long Grape Wine Co Ltd (SS:603779) added 10.03% or 1.560 points to end at 17.110 and Changbai Mountain Tourism Co Ltd (SS:603099) was up 10.02% or 1.18 points to 12.96 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Jiangsu Rutong Petro-Machinery Co Ltd (SS:603036), which lost 10.02% or 2.020 points to trade at 18.140 in late trade. Inner Mongolia BaoTou Steel Union Co Ltd (SS:600010) declined 9.95% or 0.200 points to end at 1.810 and Zhejiang Medicine Co Ltd (SS:600216) shed 9.77% or 1.570 points to 14.500.
The top performers on the SZSE Component were Dhc Software Co Ltd (SZ:002065) which rose 10.05% to 9.75, Shenzhen Capchem Tech (SZ:300037) which was up 10.01% to settle at 23.85 and Anhui Gujing Distillery Co Ltd (SZ:000596) which gained 10.00% to close at 83.57.
The worst performers were Shenzhen Hifuture Electric (SZ:002168) which was down 10.03% to 12.38 in late trade, Thunder Software Technology Co Ltd (SZ:300496) which lost 10.01% to settle at 30.83 and Sichuan Danfu Compressor Co Ltd (SZ:002366) which was down 10.00% to 19.97 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 944 to 406 and 29 ended unchanged on the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
The CBOE China Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Shanghai Composite options, was down 4.34% to 20.49.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.54% or 7.10 to $1296.60 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 1.71% or 1.16 to hit $66.72 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 1.31% or 1.00 to trade at $75.47 a barrel.
USD/CNY was up 0.03% to 6.3918, while EUR/CNY rose 0.43% to 7.4777.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.31% at 93.92.