Investing.com – China equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Travel & Leisure, Retailers and Life Insurance sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Shanghai, the Shanghai Composite lost 0.48%, while the SZSE Component index lost 0.61%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Shanghai Composite were Xinjiang Dushanzi TianLi High & NewTech Co Ltd PRC (SS:600339), which rose 10.11% or 0.440 points to trade at 4.790 at the close. Suzhou Douson Drilling & Production Equipment Co Ltd (SS:603800) added 10.04% or 1.370 points to end at 15.020 and Double Coin A (SS:600623) was up 10.04% or 1.100 points to 12.060 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tangshan Port Group Co Ltd (SS:601000), which lost 24.45% or 1.110 points to trade at 3.430 in late trade. Shanghai Diesel Engine Co Ltd A (SS:600841) declined 9.99% or 1.420 points to end at 12.790 and JDM JingDa Machine Ningbo Co Ltd (SS:603088) shed 9.98% or 2.63 points to 23.71.
The top performers on the SZSE Component were Shenzhen Shenxin Taifeng Group Co Ltd (SZ:000034) which rose 9.99% to 22.36, LandOcean Energy Services Co (SZ:300157) which was up 7.64% to settle at 7.89 and Shijiazhuang Changshan Textile Co Ltd (SZ:000158) which gained 5.85% to close at 8.69.
The worst performers were Shandong Qixing Iron Tower Co Ltd (SZ:002359) which was down 10.01% to 21.75 in late trade, Beijing Miteno Communication Technology Co Ltd (SZ:300038) which lost 6.68% to settle at 14.11 and Apex Technology Co Ltd (SZ:002180) which was down 4.98% to 31.09 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 779 to 530 and 68 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 20.58.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.21% or 2.70 to $1288.80 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.41% or 0.29 to hit $71.78 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.37% or 0.29 to trade at $79.57 a barrel.
USD/CNY was down 0.09% to 6.3660, while EUR/CNY fell 0.07% to 7.5170.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 93.27.