Investing.com – China equities were mixed at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Life Insurance, Retailers and Oil Equipment Services & Distribution sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Software & Computer Services, Technology and Banking sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Shanghai, the Shanghai Composite lost 0.15%, while the SZSE Component index added 0.04%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Shanghai Composite were Shanghai Laiyifen Co Ltd (SS:603777), which rose 10.01% or 3.220 points to trade at 35.380 at the close. Eurocrane China Co Ltd (SS:603966) added 9.99% or 2.02 points to end at 22.24 and Shanghai Shibei Hi-Tech Co Ltd A (SS:600604) was up 9.97% or 0.86 points to 9.49 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Hua Xin Cement (SS:900933), which lost 9.83% or 0.125 points to trade at 1.147 in late trade. Western Region Gold Co Ltd (SS:601069) declined 7.84% or 1.59 points to end at 18.68 and Xinhuanet Co Ltd (SS:603888) shed 7.05% or 2.520 points to 33.200.
The top performers on the SZSE Component were Shenzhen Worldunion Properties Consultancy Inc (SZ:002285) which rose 10.02% to 11.97, Swan Fiber Co Ltd (SZ:000687) which was up 10.02% to settle at 15.70 and China Dalian International Cooperation Group Holdings Ltd (SZ:000881) which gained 10.01% to close at 18.03.
The worst performers were Csg Smart Science&Technology Co Ltd (SZ:300222) which was down 7.76% to 25.79 in late trade, Iflytek Co Ltd (SZ:002230) which lost 5.47% to settle at 50.32 and Zhuhai Orbita Control Eng (SZ:300053) which was down 5.47% to 14.86 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 625 to 618 and 77 ended unchanged on the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
The CBOE China Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Shanghai Composite options, was up 0.92% to 17.62.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.78% or 10.15 to $1292.85 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $51.88 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.14% or 0.08 to trade at $57.90 a barrel.
USD/CNY was up 0.32% to 6.6107, while EUR/CNY rose 0.06% to 7.7779.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 93.32.