Investing.com – China stocks were mixed after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Life Insurance, Retailers and Oil Equipment Services & Distribution sectors led shares higher while losses in the Software & Computer Services, Technology and Banking sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Shanghai, the Shanghai Composite lost 0.15%, while the SZSE Component index added 0.04%.
The best performers of the session on the Shanghai Composite were Shanghai Laiyifen Co Ltd (SS:603777), which rose 10.01% or 3.220 points to trade at 35.380 at the close. Meanwhile, Eurocrane China Co Ltd (SS:603966) added 9.99% or 2.02 points to end at 22.24 and Shanghai Shibei Hi-Tech Co Ltd A (SS:600604) was up 9.97% or 0.86 points to 9.49 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Hua Xin Cement (SS:900933), which fell 9.83% or 0.125 points to trade at 1.147 at the close. Western Region Gold Co Ltd (SS:601069) declined 7.84% or 1.59 points to end at 18.68 and Xinhuanet Co Ltd (SS:603888) was down 7.05% or 2.520 points to 33.200.
The top performers on the SZSE Component were Shenzhen Worldunion Properties Consultancy Inc (SZ:002285) which rose 10.02% to 11.97, Swan Fiber Co Ltd (SZ:000687) which was up 10.02% to settle at 15.70 and China Dalian International Cooperation Group Holdings Ltd (SZ:000881) which gained 10.01% to close at 18.03.
The worst performers were Csg Smart Science&Technology Co Ltd (SZ:300222) which was down 7.76% to 25.79 in late trade, Iflytek Co Ltd (SZ:002230) which lost 5.47% to settle at 50.32 and Zhuhai Orbita Control Eng (SZ:300053) which was down 5.47% to 14.86 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Shanghai Stock Exchange by 625 to 618 and 77 ended unchanged.
Shares in Western Region Gold Co Ltd (SS:601069) fell to 52-week lows; falling 7.84% or 1.59 to 18.68.
The CBOE China Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Shanghai Composite options, was up 0.92% to 17.62.
Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.77% or 10.09 to $1292.91 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $51.88 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.16% or 0.09 to trade at $57.91 a barrel.
USD/CNY was up 0.32% to 6.6108, while EUR/CNY rose 0.06% to 7.7779.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 93.31.