Investing.com – China stocks were mixed after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Electricity, Utilities and Oil Equipment Services & Distribution sectors led shares higher while losses in the Retailers, Software & Computer Services and Media sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Shanghai, the Shanghai Composite added 0.07%, while the SZSE Component index declined 0.98%.
The best performers of the session on the Shanghai Composite were Baotou Steel (SS:600010), which rose 10.08% or 0.620 points to trade at 6.770 at the close. Meanwhile, Tj Songjiang (SS:600225) added 10.05% or 1.020 points to end at 11.170 and Lingyun-B (SS:900957) was up 10.04% or 0.116 points to 1.271 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Hundsun Tech (SS:600570), which fell 6.92% or 9.880 points to trade at 132.900 at the close. Qujiang Cultur (SS:600706) declined 6.32% or 1.510 points to end at 22.400 and Fengfan Power (SS:601700) was down 5.75% or 0.890 points to 14.590.
The top performers on the SZSE Component were TCL Corp (SZ:000100) which rose 10.05% to 6.57, Changjiang Securities Co Ltd (SZ:000783) which was up 3.76% to settle at 18.20 and BOE Technology Group Co Ltd (SZ:000725) which gained 3.26% to close at 4.43.
The worst performers were Leshi Internet Info Tech (SZ:300104) which was down 10.00% to 74.24 in late trade, Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co Ltd (SZ:002415) which lost 3.20% to settle at 34.54 and Financial Street Holdings Co Ltd (SZ:000402) which was down 3.09% to 13.17 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Shanghai Stock Exchange by 511 to 460.
Shares in Tj Songjiang (SS:600225) rose to 3-years highs; rising 10.05% or 1.020 to 11.170. Shares in Lingyun-B (SS:900957) rose to all time highs; gaining 10.04% or 0.116 to 1.271.
The CBOE China Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Shanghai Composite options, was down 5.70% to 27.45 a new 1-month low.
Gold for June delivery was down 0.17% or 2.10 to $1216.10 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.64% or 0.39 to hit $60.12 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.42% or 0.28 to trade at $66.99 a barrel.
USD/CNY was down 0.07% to 6.2000, while EUR/CNY rose 0.47% to 7.0781.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.44% at 93.33.