Investing.com – China equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Life Insurance, Software & Computer Services and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Shanghai, the Shanghai Composite added 1.10%, while the SZSE Component index gained 1.17%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Shanghai Composite were Ningxia Xinri Hengli Steel Wire Rope Co Ltd (SS:600165), which rose 10.06% or 0.360 points to trade at 3.940 at the close. North Navigation Control Technology Co Ltd (SS:600435) added 10.03% or 0.780 points to end at 8.560 and ADD Industry Zhejiang Co Ltd (SS:603089) was up 10.02% or 1.67 points to 18.33 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nanjing Central Emporium Group Stocks Co Ltd (SS:600280), which lost 10.00% or 0.840 points to trade at 7.560 in late trade. Harbin Gong Da High-Tech Enterprise Development Co Ltd (SS:600701) declined 5.03% or 0.250 points to end at 4.720 and Shanghai Zhongji Investment Holding Co Ltd (SS:600634) shed 4.72% or 0.12 points to 2.42.
The top performers on the SZSE Component were Shanghai Kingstar Winning Software (SZ:300253) which rose 10.01% to 15.49, Tonghua Golden-Horse Pharmaceutical Industry Co Ltd (SZ:000766) which was up 10.00% to settle at 8.25 and Visual China Group Co Ltd (SZ:000681) which gained 9.99% to close at 32.03.
The worst performers were Chenzhou Jingui Silver Industry Co Ltd (SZ:002716) which was down 10.03% to 7.18 in late trade, Shandong Qixing Iron Tower Co Ltd (SZ:002359) which lost 9.99% to settle at 16.48 and Leyard Optoelectronic (SZ:300296) which was down 6.31% to 8.76 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1222 to 179 and 44 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 22.92.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.51% or 6.20 to $1200.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.92% or 0.64 to hit $70.44 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.20% or 0.16 to trade at $78.31 a barrel.
USD/CNY was down 0.14% to 6.8297, while EUR/CNY fell 0.27% to 7.9048.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.35% at 95.40.