Investing.com – China equities were mixed at the close on Monday, as gains in the Software & Computer Services, Technology and Technology Hardware & Equipment sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Life Insurance, Banking and Travel & Leisure sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Shanghai, the Shanghai Composite lost 0.60% to hit a new 1-month low, while the SZSE Component index added 1.19%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Shanghai Composite were Taiyuan Chemical Industry Co Ltd (SS:600281), which rose 10.07% or 0.460 points to trade at 5.030 at the close. JiLin Sino-Microelectronics Co Ltd (SS:600360) added 10.06% or 0.710 points to end at 7.770 and North Navigation Control Technology Co Ltd (SS:600435) was up 10.04% or 0.980 points to 10.740 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Antong Holdings Co Ltd (SS:600179), which lost 9.98% or 1.880 points to trade at 16.960 in late trade. Jiangsu High Hope International Group Corp (SS:600981) declined 8.57% or 0.550 points to end at 5.870 and China Fortune Land Development Co Ltd (SS:600340) shed 6.87% or 2.340 points to 31.720.
The top performers on the SZSE Component were Swan Fiber Co Ltd (SZ:000687) which rose 10.05% to 10.29, Hubei Golden Ring Co Ltd (SZ:000615) which was up 10.05% to settle at 9.42 and Sungrow Power Supply Co Ltd (SZ:300274) which gained 10.02% to close at 17.90.
The worst performers were Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology Co Ltd Class A (SZ:002202) which was down 6.34% to 17.87 in late trade, Ningbo Huaxiang Electronic Co Ltd (SZ:002048) which lost 6.33% to settle at 15.99 and Sainty Marine Corp Ltd (SZ:002608) which was down 6.00% to 8.61 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 953 to 387 and 30 ended unchanged on the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
The CBOE China Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Shanghai Composite options, was up 6.76% to 30.63.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for April delivery was down 0.30% or 4.00 to $1345.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.76% or 0.50 to hit $65.38 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.56% or 0.39 to trade at $69.42 a barrel.
USD/CNY was down 0.29% to 6.2976, while EUR/CNY fell 0.00% to 7.8020.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 88.94.