Investing.com – China equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Real Estate Investments & Services, Gas, Water & Multiutilities and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Shanghai, the Shanghai Composite added 0.91% to hit a new 1-month high, while the SZSE Component index added 0.58%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Shanghai Composite were Shanghai Yimin Commerce Group Co Ltd (SS:600824), which rose 10.13% or 0.390 points to trade at 4.240 at the close. Hua Yuan Property Co Ltd (SS:600743) added 10.12% or 0.260 points to end at 2.830 and Guangxi Guidong Eletric Power Co Ltd (SS:600310) was up 10.08% or 0.390 points to 4.260 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sichuan Minjiang Hydropower Co Ltd (SS:600131), which lost 10.02% or 1.080 points to trade at 9.700 in late trade. Fangda Special Steel Technology Co Ltd (SS:600507) declined 7.79% or 0.900 points to end at 10.650 and Jiangsu Yulong Steel Pipe Co Ltd (SS:601028) shed 7.59% or 0.440 points to 5.360.
The top performers on the SZSE Component were Shenzhen Agricultural Products Co Ltd (SZ:000061) which rose 10.02% to 5.38, Tangshan Jidong Cement Co Ltd (SZ:000401) which was up 10.00% to settle at 11.77 and China Zhonghua Geotechnical Engineering Co Ltd (SZ:002542) which gained 10.00% to close at 5.17.
The worst performers were Zhonghong Holding Co Ltd (SZ:000979) which was down 10.45% to 0.60 in late trade, Tatwah Smartech Co Ltd (SZ:002512) which lost 10.04% to settle at 8.69 and Jiangsu Shagang Co Ltd (SZ:002075) which was unchanged 0.00% to 13.03 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 804 to 594 and 74 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 31.38.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.07% or 0.80 to $1220.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.65% or 0.93 to hit $57.39 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract rose 0.97% or 0.65 to trade at $67.41 a barrel.
USD/CNY was up 0.06% to 6.9425, while EUR/CNY rose 0.01% to 7.9199.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 96.35.