Investing.com – China stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Telecoms, Mobile and Real Estate Investments & Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Shanghai, the Shanghai Composite fell 0.47%, while the SZSE Component index fell 1.11%.
The best performers of the session on the Shanghai Composite were Henan Taloph Pharmaceutical Stock Co Ltd (SS:600222), which rose 10.10% or 0.500 points to trade at 5.450 at the close. Meanwhile, Jiangsu Lianhuan Pharmaceutical Co Ltd (SS:600513) added 10.06% or 0.820 points to end at 8.970 and Ningbo Marine Co Ltd (SS:600798) was up 10.05% or 0.440 points to 4.820 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Hubei Mailyard Share Co Ltd (SS:600107), which fell 10.03% or 0.970 points to trade at 8.700 at the close. Shanghai Wondertek Software Co Ltd (SS:603189) declined 10.01% or 2.060 points to end at 18.520 and Zhangzhou Pientzehuang Pharmaceutical Co Ltd (SS:600436) was down 9.99% or 12.970 points to 116.850.
The top performers on the SZSE Component were Shenwu Environmental Tech (SZ:300156) which rose 10.01% to 8.57, Hunan China Sun Pharma Machinery (SZ:300216) which was up 9.95% to settle at 9.61 and Zhejiang Semir Garment Co Ltd (SZ:002563) which gained 5.01% to close at 13.21.
The worst performers were Sichuan Danfu Compressor Co Ltd (SZ:002366) which was down 10.02% to 17.97 in late trade, Shenzhen Hifuture Electric (SZ:002168) which lost 10.02% to settle at 11.14 and Beihai Yinhe Industry Investment Co Ltd (SZ:000806) which was down 10.00% to 5.49 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Shanghai Stock Exchange by 860 to 464 and 55 ended unchanged.
Shares in Hubei Mailyard Share Co Ltd (SS:600107) fell to 52-week lows; down 10.03% or 0.970 to 8.700. Shares in Sichuan Danfu Compressor Co Ltd (SZ:002366) fell to 3-years lows; down 10.02% or 2.00 to 17.97. Shares in Shenzhen Hifuture Electric (SZ:002168) fell to 52-week lows; down 10.02% or 1.24 to 11.14. Shares in Zhejiang Semir Garment Co Ltd (SZ:002563) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 5.01% or 0.63 to 13.21. Shares in Beihai Yinhe Industry Investment Co Ltd (SZ:000806) fell to 3-years lows; down 10.00% or 0.61 to 5.49.
The CBOE China Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Shanghai Composite options, was unchanged 0.00% to 20.49.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.53% or 6.90 to $1296.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 1.75% or 1.19 to hit $66.69 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract rose 0.36% or 0.27 to trade at $75.59 a barrel.
USD/CNY was up 0.21% to 6.4129, while EUR/CNY fell 0.08% to 7.4324.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 94.52.