Investing.com – China equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Software & Computer Services, Technology and Technology Hardware & Equipment sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Shanghai, the Shanghai Composite declined 0.15%, while the SZSE Component index lost 0.65%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Shanghai Composite were Gansu Dunhuang Seed Co Ltd (SS:600354), which rose 10.07% or 0.770 points to trade at 8.420 at the close. Xinjiang Baihuacun Co Ltd (SS:600721) added 10.03% or 0.980 points to end at 10.750 and Great-Sun Foods Co Ltd (SS:603336) was up 10.01% or 3.020 points to 33.190 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Wintime Energy Co Ltd (SS:600157), which lost 10.12% or 0.340 points to trade at 3.020 in late trade. DELIXI XINJIANG Transportation Co Ltd (SS:603032) declined 10.01% or 3.96 points to end at 35.60 and Wuhan Xianglong Power Industry Co Ltd (SS:600769) shed 8.11% or 0.580 points to 6.570.
The top performers on the SZSE Component were Jiangsu Yanghe Brewery Joint-Stock Co Ltd (SZ:002304) which rose 6.98% to 111.44, Shandong Denghai Seeds Co Ltd (SZ:002041) which was up 6.24% to settle at 11.58 and Jiangxi Boya Bio Pharma (SZ:300294) which gained 5.46% to close at 36.52.
The worst performers were Shaanxi J&R Fire Protection Co Ltd (SZ:300116) which was down 10.05% to 5.55 in late trade, Beijing Kunlun Tech Co Ltd (SZ:300418) which lost 8.03% to settle at 22.80 and Thunder Software Technology Co Ltd (SZ:300496) which was down 8.03% to 34.61 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 808 to 497 and 59 ended unchanged on the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
The CBOE China Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Shanghai Composite options, was down 8.75% to 28.79.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.31% or 4.10 to $1341.40 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.38% or 0.24 to hit $63.27 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.38% or 0.26 to trade at $67.86 a barrel.
USD/CNY was up 0.09% to 6.2951, while EUR/CNY rose 0.06% to 7.7217.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 89.83.