Investing.com – China equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Real Estate Investments & Services, Life Insurance and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Shanghai, the Shanghai Composite gained 0.52%, while the SZSE Component index climbed 0.34%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Shanghai Composite were Qingdao Tianhua Institute Chemistry Engineering Co Ltd (SS:600579), which rose 10.00% or 1.11 points to trade at 12.21 at the close. Qingdao Huijintong Power Eouipment Co Ltd (SS:603577) added 9.99% or 1.480 points to end at 16.290 and Wanhua Chemical Group Co Ltd (SS:600309) was up 9.99% or 3.640 points to 40.080 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Aurora Optoelectronics Co Ltd (SS:600666), which lost 10.08% or 0.520 points to trade at 4.640 in late trade. Tongwei Co Ltd (SS:600438) declined 10.02% or 1.050 points to end at 9.430 and Eagle Mining (SS:600711) shed 10.02% or 1.110 points to 9.970.
The top performers on the SZSE Component were Hisense Kelon Electrical Holdings Co Ltd (SZ:000921) which rose 10.04% to 11.95, Shenzhen Huaqiang Industry Co Ltd (SZ:000062) which was up 9.98% to settle at 22.92 and Beijing Shiji Information Technology Co Ltd (SZ:002153) which gained 8.12% to close at 30.50.
The worst performers were Sungrow Power Supply Co Ltd (SZ:300274) which was down 10.03% to 12.56 in late trade, Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology Co Ltd Class A (SZ:002202) which lost 10.02% to settle at 14.01 and Huayi Brothers Media Corp (SZ:300027) which was down 10.02% to 7.36 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 669 to 629 and 82 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 19.84.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.12% or 1.50 to $1297.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.12% or 0.08 to hit $65.89 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.05% or 0.04 to trade at $76.83 a barrel.
USD/CNY was down 0.13% to 6.4119, while EUR/CNY rose 0.30% to 7.5089.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.31% at 93.87.