Investing.com – China equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Telecoms, Mobile and Oil Equipment Services & Distribution sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Shanghai, the Shanghai Composite fell 0.35%, while the SZSE Component index lost 0.83%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Shanghai Composite were Hunan Baili Engineering Sci & Tech Co Ltd (SS:603959), which rose 10.02% or 3.150 points to trade at 34.600 at the close. GuangZhou Baiyun Electric Equipment Co Ltd (SS:603861) added 9.99% or 2.120 points to end at 23.340 and Nantong Square Cold Chain Equipment Co Ltd (SS:603339) was up 9.99% or 2.710 points to 29.840 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Zhejiang Three Stars New Materials Co Ltd (SS:603578), which lost 10.00% or 5.15 points to trade at 46.33 in late trade. China Science Publishing & Media Ltd (SS:601858) declined 8.25% or 1.10 points to end at 12.23 and Luoyang Glass (SS:600876) shed 8.17% or 2.030 points to 22.810.
The top performers on the SZSE Component were Suzhou Gold Mantis Construction Decoration Co Ltd (SZ:002081) which rose 8.03% to 12.38, JPMF Guangdong Co Ltd (SZ:002600) which was up 6.28% to settle at 8.80 and Yantai Changyu Pioneer Wine Co Ltd (SZ:000869) which gained 5.98% to close at 39.90.
The worst performers were Swan Fiber Co Ltd (SZ:000687) which was down 8.98% to 15.20 in late trade, ZTE Corp (SZ:000063) which lost 7.35% to settle at 28.38 and First Capital Securities Co Ltd Class A (SZ:002797) which was down 6.30% to 12.05 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1024 to 297 and 14 ended unchanged on the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
The CBOE China Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Shanghai Composite options, was down 1.26% to 17.27.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.16% or 2.06 to $1285.06 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.27% or 0.14 to hit $51.90 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.31% or 0.18 to trade at $57.97 a barrel.
USD/CNY was down 0.08% to 6.6230, while EUR/CNY rose 0.09% to 7.8200.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 93.22.