Investing.com – China equities were mixed at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Media, Technology Hardware & Equipment and Technology sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Banking, Life Insurance and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Shanghai, the Shanghai Composite declined 0.52% to hit a new 1-month low, while the SZSE Component index gained 0.10%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Shanghai Composite were A-Zenith Home Furnishings Co Ltd (SS:603389), which rose 9.99% or 1.020 points to trade at 11.230 at the close. Nanjing Textiles Import & Export Corp Ltd (SS:600250) added 9.99% or 0.710 points to end at 7.820 and Kunwu Jiuding Investment Holdings Co Ltd (SS:600053) was up 9.99% or 2.190 points to 24.110 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Zhejiang Jiahua Energy Chemical Industry Co Ltd (SS:600273), which lost 10.01% or 0.990 points to trade at 8.900 in late trade. Dalian Sunasia Tourism Holding Co Ltd (SS:600593) declined 9.99% or 3.370 points to end at 30.380 and Hangzhou Advance Gearbox Group Co Ltd (SS:601177) shed 8.88% or 0.780 points to 8.000.
The top performers on the SZSE Component were Chongqing Pharscin Pharmaceutical Co Ltd (SZ:002907) which rose 10.00% to 17.93, Tianjin Zhonghuan Semiconductor Co Ltd (SZ:002129) which was up 7.03% to settle at 7.31 and Jiangxi Zhengbang Technology Co Ltd (SZ:002157) which gained 6.37% to close at 5.18.
The worst performers were Tonghua Golden-Horse Pharmaceutical Industry Co Ltd (SZ:000766) which was down 10.00% to 7.92 in late trade, Yinyi Real Estate Co Ltd (SZ:000981) which lost 5.06% to settle at 3.75 and Hangzhou Tigermed Consulting (SZ:300347) which was down 4.49% to 43.78 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 854 to 525 and 96 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 27.61.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.40% or 5.00 to $1251.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 2.41% or 1.16 to hit $47.01 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 1.82% or 1.04 to trade at $56.20 a barrel.
USD/CNY was up 0.14% to 6.9010, while EUR/CNY rose 0.49% to 7.8837.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.35% at 96.143.