Investing.com – China equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Software & Computer Services, Technology and Technology Hardware & Equipment sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Shanghai, the Shanghai Composite declined 0.85%, while the SZSE Component index fell 0.91%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Shanghai Composite were Guangdong Sitong Group Co Ltd (SS:603838), which rose 10.02% or 1.02 points to trade at 11.20 at the close. Shanghai Hile Bio Technology Co Ltd (SS:603718) added 10.02% or 0.930 points to end at 10.210 and GuangDong Super Telecom Co Ltd (SS:603322) was up 10.00% or 4.090 points to 44.990 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Taiyuan Lionhead Cement Co Ltd (SS:600539), which lost 9.99% or 1.510 points to trade at 13.610 in late trade. DELIXI XINJIANG Transportation Co Ltd (SS:603032) declined 9.99% or 4.39 points to end at 39.56 and Lucky Film Co Ltd (SS:600135) shed 5.85% or 0.660 points to 10.630.
The top performers on the SZSE Component were Qinghai Salt Lake Industry Co Ltd (SZ:000792) which rose 7.06% to 14.41, Tianjin Zhonghuan Semiconductor Co Ltd (SZ:002129) which was up 6.66% to settle at 10.89 and Chengdu Tianxing Instrument and Meter Co Ltd (SZ:000710) which gained 6.62% to close at 56.17.
The worst performers were Shaanxi J&R Fire Protection Co Ltd (SZ:300116) which was down 10.06% to 6.17 in late trade, Hengyi Petrochemical Co Ltd (SZ:000703) which lost 10.00% to settle at 23.41 and Hunan China Sun Pharma Machinery (SZ:300216) which was down 9.88% to 11.13 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 999 to 335 and 30 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 31.55 a new 1-month high.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.34% or 4.60 to $1342.30 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.33% or 0.21 to hit $63.22 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.40% or 0.27 to trade at $67.91 a barrel.
USD/CNY was up 0.12% to 6.2841, while EUR/CNY rose 0.33% to 7.7464.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 89.58.