Investing.com – China stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Travel & Leisure, Technology Hardware & Equipment and Media sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Shanghai, the Shanghai Composite declined 0.48%, while the SZSE Component index lost 0.30%.
The best performers of the session on the Shanghai Composite were Hubei Zhenhua Chemical Co Ltd (SS:603067), which rose 10.03% or 1.000 points to trade at 10.970 at the close. Meanwhile, ADD Industry Zhejiang Co Ltd (SS:603089) added 10.01% or 2.38 points to end at 26.16 and Hunan Copote Science Technology Co Ltd (SS:600476) was up 9.99% or 1.670 points to 18.390 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Shenji Group Kunming Machine Tool Co Ltd (SS:600806), which fell 10.07% or 0.280 points to trade at 2.500 at the close. Jien Nickel (SS:600432) declined 10.00% or 0.290 points to end at 2.610 and Henan Yinge Industrial Investment Co Ltd (SS:600069) was down 9.96% or 0.500 points to 4.520.
The top performers on the SZSE Component were Lander Sports Development Co Ltd (SZ:000558) which rose 10.11% to 5.01, Hunan TV & Broadcast Intermediary Co Ltd (SZ:000917) which was up 9.97% to settle at 7.17 and Shandong Humon Smelting Co Ltd (SZ:002237) which gained 4.68% to close at 11.64.
The worst performers were Hybio Pharmaceutical (SZ:300199) which was down 10.01% to 16.45 in late trade, Hunan China Sun Pharma Machinery (SZ:300216) which lost 10.01% to settle at 8.36 and Vtron Technologies Ltd (SZ:002308) which was down 9.97% to 9.750 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Shanghai Stock Exchange by 885 to 438 and 60 ended unchanged.
Shares in Shenji Group Kunming Machine Tool Co Ltd (SS:600806) fell to 5-year lows; down 10.07% or 0.280 to 2.500. Shares in Jien Nickel (SS:600432) fell to 5-year lows; down 10.00% or 0.290 to 2.610. Shares in Henan Yinge Industrial Investment Co Ltd (SS:600069) fell to 52-week lows; falling 9.96% or 0.500 to 4.520.
The CBOE China Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Shanghai Composite options, was unchanged 0.00% to 19.34.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.13% or 1.70 to $1301.00 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.41% or 0.27 to hit $65.47 a barrel, while the August Brent oil contract fell 0.60% or 0.46 to trade at $76.00 a barrel.
USD/CNY was down 0.08% to 6.4017, while EUR/CNY rose 0.29% to 7.5621.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 93.43.