Investing.com – China stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Technology Hardware & Equipment, Gas, Water & Multiutilities and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Shanghai, the Shanghai Composite fell 2.13%, while the SZSE Component index lost 2.83%.
The best performers of the session on the Shanghai Composite were Eastern Gold Jade Co Ltd (SS:600086), which rose 10.08% or 0.510 points to trade at 5.570 at the close. Meanwhile, Shanghai Xinhua Media Co Ltd (SS:600825) added 10.05% or 0.550 points to end at 6.020 and Shanghai Shibei Hi-Tech Co Ltd A (SS:600604) was up 10.02% or 1.01 points to 11.09 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Huayi Electric Co Ltd (SS:600290), which fell 10.07% or 0.600 points to trade at 5.360 at the close. Nanjing Textiles Import & Export Corp Ltd (SS:600250) declined 10.05% or 0.880 points to end at 7.880 and Minfeng Special Paper Co Ltd (SS:600235) was down 10.03% or 1.050 points to 9.420.
The top performers on the SZSE Component were Anhui Shengyun Environment-Protection Group Co Ltd (SZ:300090) which rose 10.04% to 3.07, Zhuhai Orbita Control Eng (SZ:300053) which was up 9.96% to settle at 10.05 and Chengdu CORPRO Technology Co Ltd (SZ:300101) which gained 7.77% to close at 12.06.
The worst performers were Shandong Realcan Pharmaceutical Co Ltd (SZ:002589) which was down 10.03% to 8.43 in late trade, Tatwah Smartech Co Ltd (SZ:002512) which unchanged 0.00% to settle at 7.82 and Zhonghong Holding Co Ltd (SZ:000979) which was down 10.00% to 0.54 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Shanghai Stock Exchange by 1339 to 122 and 11 ended unchanged.
Shares in Shanghai Shibei Hi-Tech Co Ltd A (SS:600604) rose to 52-week highs; up 10.02% or 1.01 to 11.09. Shares in Tatwah Smartech Co Ltd (SZ:002512) unchanged to 3-years lows; unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to 7.82. Shares in Zhonghong Holding Co Ltd (SZ:000979) fell to 5-year lows; losing 10.00% or 0.06 to 0.54.
The CBOE China Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Shanghai Composite options, was unchanged 0.00% to 31.25.
Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.38% or 4.70 to $1225.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.33% or 0.19 to hit $56.95 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.63% or 0.42 to trade at $66.37 a barrel.
USD/CNY was down 0.02% to 6.9403, while EUR/CNY rose 0.04% to 7.9532.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 96.03.