Investing.com – China stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Life Insurance, Real Estate Investments & Services and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Shanghai, the Shanghai Composite declined 0.23%, while the SZSE Component index declined 0.18%.
The best performers of the session on the Shanghai Composite were Henan Huanghe Whirlwind Co Ltd (SS:600172), which rose 10.14% or 0.350 points to trade at 3.800 at the close. Meanwhile, Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Group Corp Ltd (SS:600418) added 10.08% or 0.48 points to end at 5.24 and Beihai Gofar Marine Biological Industry Co Ltd (SS:600538) was up 10.07% or 0.420 points to 4.590 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were A-Zenith Home Furnishings Co Ltd (SS:603389), which fell 10.03% or 1.470 points to trade at 13.190 at the close. Y.U.D. Yangtze River Investment Industry Co Ltd (SS:600119) declined 9.59% or 1.020 points to end at 9.620 and Jiangxi Guotai Industrial Explosive Material Group Co Ltd (SS:603977) was down 6.47% or 0.540 points to 7.810.
The top performers on the SZSE Component were Holitech Technology Co Ltd (SZ:002217) which rose 10.08% to 5.460, Zhejiang Nhu Co Ltd (SZ:002001) which was up 10.03% to settle at 16.23 and Yifan Xinfu Pharmaceutical Co Ltd (SZ:002019) which gained 9.99% to close at 12.88.
The worst performers were Zhonghong Holding Co Ltd (SZ:000979) which was down 10.20% to 0.44 in late trade, Jiangsu Shagang Co Ltd (SZ:002075) which lost 10.02% to settle at 11.41 and Do-Fluoride Chemicals Co Ltd (SZ:002407) which was down 5.18% to 13.18 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Shanghai Stock Exchange by 754 to 638 and 81 ended unchanged.
Shares in Zhonghong Holding Co Ltd (SZ:000979) fell to 5-year lows; falling 10.20% or 0.05 to 0.44. Shares in Jiangsu Shagang Co Ltd (SZ:002075) fell to 52-week lows; down 10.02% or 1.27 to 11.41.
The CBOE China Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Shanghai Composite options, was down 5.77% to 30.22.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.07% or 0.80 to $1228.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.20% or 0.11 to hit $54.52 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.22% or 0.14 to trade at $63.34 a barrel.
USD/CNY was up 0.05% to 6.9306, while EUR/CNY rose 0.27% to 7.9061.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 96.477.