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China stocks lower at close of trade; Shanghai Composite down 0.79%

Published 12/21/2018, 02:35 AM
© Reuters.  China stocks lower at close of trade; Shanghai Composite down 0.79%
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Investing.com – China stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Real Estate Investments & Services, Financials and Travel & Leisure sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Shanghai, the Shanghai Composite lost 0.79% to hit a new 1-month low, while the SZSE Component index declined 1.20%.

The best performers of the session on the Shanghai Composite were Shanghai U9 Game Co Ltd (SS:600652), which rose 10.05% or 0.400 points to trade at 4.380 at the close. Meanwhile, China Sports Industry Group Co Ltd (SS:600158) added 9.99% or 0.810 points to end at 8.920 and Topscore Fashion Shoes Co Ltd (SS:603608) was up 7.60% or 0.790 points to 11.180 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Dalian Sunasia Tourism Holding Co Ltd (SS:600593), which fell 10.01% or 3.040 points to trade at 27.340 at the close. Guangdong Songfa Ceramics Co Ltd (SS:603268) declined 10.00% or 2.120 points to end at 19.090 and Kunwu Jiuding Investment Holdings Co Ltd (SS:600053) was down 8.54% or 2.060 points to 22.050.

The top performers on the SZSE Component were Chongqing Pharscin Pharmaceutical Co Ltd (SZ:002907) which rose 9.98% to 19.72, YOUZU Interactive Co Ltd (SZ:002174) which was up 9.98% to settle at 18.180 and Zhejiang Jinlei Refractories Co Ltd (SZ:002624) which gained 6.67% to close at 28.14.

The worst performers were Shenzhen Techand Eco Environment (SZ:300197) which was down 10.06% to 4.83 in late trade, Tonghua Golden-Horse Pharmaceutical Industry Co Ltd (SZ:000766) which lost 8.71% to settle at 7.23 and Sichuan Tianqi Lithium Industries Inc (SZ:002466) which was down 6.81% to 31.87 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Shanghai Stock Exchange by 1044 to 348 and 83 ended unchanged.

Shares in Shenzhen Techand Eco Environment (SZ:300197) fell to 5-year lows; losing 10.06% or 0.54 to 4.83.

The CBOE China Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Shanghai Composite options, was unchanged 0.00% to 28.68.

Gold Futures for February delivery was down 0.25% or 3.20 to $1264.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.09% or 0.50 to hit $46.38 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.99% or 0.54 to trade at $54.89 a barrel.

USD/CNY was up 0.13% to 6.8942, while EUR/CNY rose 0.23% to 7.9035.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 95.805.

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