Investing.com – China equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil Equipment Services & Distribution, Software & Computer Services and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Shanghai, the Shanghai Composite lost 0.91% to hit a new 52-week low, while the SZSE Component index declined 1.92%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Shanghai Composite were Shanghai Greencourt Investment Group Co Ltd A (SS:600695), which rose 10.08% or 0.37 points to trade at 4.04 at the close. Start Group (SS:600734) added 10.06% or 0.630 points to end at 6.890 and China United Travel Co Ltd (SS:600358) was up 10.02% or 0.46 points to 5.05 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Guangzhou Yuetai Group Co Ltd (SS:600393), which lost 10.12% or 0.350 points to trade at 3.110 in late trade. Xining Special Steel Co Ltd (SS:600117) declined 10.06% or 0.520 points to end at 4.650 and Shanghai Hongda Mining Co Ltd (SS:600532) shed 10.04% or 0.470 points to 4.210.
The top performers on the SZSE Component were Beijing Jingxi Culture&Tourism Co Ltd (SZ:000802) which rose 8.93% to 14.52, Csg Smart Science&Technology Co Ltd (SZ:300222) which was up 5.46% to settle at 19.30 and Beijing Oriental Yuhong Waterproof Technology Co Ltd (SZ:002271) which gained 3.00% to close at 15.13.
The worst performers were Anhui Shengyun Environment-Protection Group Co Ltd (SZ:300090) which was down 10.05% to 5.46 in late trade, Xingyuan Environment Technology Co Ltd (SZ:300266) which lost 10.02% to settle at 13.11 and Shenzhen Jiawei Photovoltaic Lighting Co Ltd (SZ:300317) which was down 9.96% to 8.68 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1250 to 143 and 17 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 26.34.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was up 0.12% or 1.50 to $1255.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.27% or 0.20 to hit $73.94 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.46% or 0.36 to trade at $77.88 a barrel.
USD/CNY was up 0.03% to 6.6351, while EUR/CNY rose 0.34% to 7.7573.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 94.11.