Investing.com – China equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Real Estate Investments & Services, Financials and Oil Equipment Services & Distribution sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Shanghai, the Shanghai Composite fell 0.82%, while the SZSE Component index fell 0.82%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Shanghai Composite were Eastern Gold Jade Co Ltd (SS:600086), which rose 10.07% or 0.460 points to trade at 5.030 at the close. Huayi Electric Co Ltd (SS:600290) added 10.05% or 0.430 points to end at 4.710 and DELIXI XINJIANG Transportation Co Ltd (SS:603032) was up 10.00% or 2.56 points to 28.17 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Zhejiang Hisun Pharmaceutical Co Ltd (SS:600267), which lost 8.60% or 0.910 points to trade at 9.670 in late trade. Poten Environment Group Co Ltd (SS:603603) declined 7.51% or 1.31 points to end at 16.13 and Zhejiang Tuna Environmental Science & Technology Co Ltd (SS:603177) shed 7.15% or 0.81 points to 10.52.
The top performers on the SZSE Component were Yinyi Real Estate Co Ltd (SZ:000981) which rose 10.09% to 3.71, Tatwah Smartech Co Ltd (SZ:002512) which was up 10.00% to settle at 6.27 and Maanshan Fangyuan Slewing Ring Co Ltd (SZ:002147) which gained 4.97% to close at 3.80.
The worst performers were Zhonghong Holding Co Ltd (SZ:000979) which was down 7.69% to 0.24 in late trade, China Aviation Optical-Electrical Technology Co Ltd (SZ:002179) which lost 6.49% to settle at 35.30 and Jiangsu Jiujiujiu Technology Co Ltd (SZ:002411) which was down 5.83% to 22.79 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1023 to 383 and 68 ended unchanged on the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
The CBOE China Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Shanghai Composite options, was up 6.06% to 28.00.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.10% or 1.30 to $1250.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 1.87% or 0.94 to hit $49.26 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract fell 1.95% or 1.16 to trade at $58.45 a barrel.
USD/CNY was up 0.01% to 6.8978, while EUR/CNY fell 0.01% to 7.8259.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 96.593.