Investing.com – China equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Technology Hardware & Equipment, Electricity and Utilities sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Shanghai, the Shanghai Composite declined 0.44%, while the SZSE Component index declined 0.63%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Shanghai Composite were Hainan Haiqi Transportation Group Co Ltd (SS:603069), which rose 10.02% or 1.040 points to trade at 11.420 at the close. TongLing Zonfa Trinity Technology Co Ltd (SS:600520) added 10.01% or 1.81 points to end at 19.89 and Hna Innovation Hainan Co Ltd A (SS:600555) was up 9.92% or 0.52 points to 5.76 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Shanghai Baosight Software Co Ltd A (SS:600845), which lost 6.91% or 1.920 points to trade at 25.870 in late trade. Wuxi Hongsheng Heat Exchanger Manufacturing Co Ltd (SS:603090) declined 5.92% or 1.210 points to end at 19.220 and Shanghai Chengdi Construction Corp Ltd (SS:603887) shed 5.90% or 1.810 points to 28.890.
The top performers on the SZSE Component were Xinjiang Beixin Road&Bridge Group Co Ltd (SZ:002307) which rose 9.97% to 7.06, Xian International Medical Investment Co Ltd (SZ:000516) which was up 9.09% to settle at 6.00 and Shenzhen Capchem Tech (SZ:300037) which gained 6.85% to close at 23.23.
The worst performers were Beijing Orient Landscape Co Ltd (SZ:002310) which was down 8.74% to 15.03 in late trade, Shenwu Environmental Tech (SZ:300156) which lost 7.60% to settle at 9.00 and Shanxi Baiyuan Trousers Chain Management Co Ltd (SZ:002640) which was down 5.62% to 18.31 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 772 to 524 and 80 ended unchanged on the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
The CBOE China Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Shanghai Composite options, was up 6.58% to 21.39.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.52% or 6.70 to $1296.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.40% or 0.29 to hit $71.55 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.49% or 0.39 to trade at $79.41 a barrel.
USD/CNY was down 0.04% to 6.3870, while EUR/CNY rose 0.25% to 7.4906.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 93.72.