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 Telecoms, Mobile and Oil Equipment Services & Distribution sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Shanghai, the Shanghai Composite lost 1.12%, while the SZSE Component index gained 0.91%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Shanghai Composite were Hongxing Steel (SS:600307), which rose 10.13% or 0.400 points to trade at 4.350 at the close. Tongling Jingd (SS:600577) added 10.08% or 0.530 points to end at 5.790 and Homey Aquatic (SS:600467) was up 10.08% or 0.650 points to 7.100 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Autom Instrume (SS:900928), which lost 10.02% or 0.194 points to trade at 1.742 in late trade. Changchun Gas (SS:600333) declined 10.01% or 1.370 points to end at 12.320 and Hangshang (SS:600774) shed 10.01% or 2.300 points to 20.680.
The top performers on the SZSE Component were Zhuhai Port Co Ltd (SZ:000507) which rose 10.06% to 6.89, Yunnan luoping Zinc & Electricity Co Ltd (SZ:002114) which was up 10.05% to settle at 11.61 and Guomai Technologies Inc (SZ:002093) which gained 10.04% to close at 11.84.
The worst performers were An Hui Wenergy Co Ltd (SZ:000543) which was down 10.02% to 19.22 in late trade, Jiangsu Yuyue Medical Equipment & Supply Co Ltd (SZ:002223) which lost 10.00% to settle at 54.43 and Sinopec Shandong Taishan Petroleum Co Ltd (SZ:000554) which was down 9.98% to 11.72 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 602 to 348 on the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
The CBOE China Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Shanghai Composite options, was down 11.67% to 34.37.
In commodities trading, Gold for August delivery was down 0.21% or 2.40 to $1153.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 2.08% or 1.08 to hit $51.12 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 1.54% or 0.90 to trade at $57.26 a barrel.
USD/CNY was up 0.01% to 6.2089, while EUR/CNY fell 0.11% to 6.8233.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.15% at 97.08.