China shares lower at close of trade; Shanghai Composite down 0.06%

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China shares lower at close of trade; Shanghai Composite down 0.06%
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Investing.com – China equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Oil Equipment Services & Distribution , Life Insurance and Gas, Water & Multiutilities sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Shanghai, the Shanghai Composite declined 0.06%, while the SZSE Component index fell 0.17%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Shanghai Composite were Ningbo Tuopu Group Co Ltd (SS: 601689 ), which rose 10.03% or 1.530 points to trade at 16.790 at the close. Guizhou Changzheng Tiancheng Holding Co Ltd (SS: 600112 ) added 10.03% or 0.330 points to end at 3.620 and DELIXI XINJIANG Transportation Co Ltd (SS: 603032 ) was up 10.00% or 2.55 points to 28.05 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Sichuan Golden Summit Group Joint Stock Co Ltd (SS: 600678 ), which lost 10.00% or 0.830 points to trade at 7.470 in late trade. Pengxin International Mining Co Ltd (SS: 600490 ) declined 10.00% or 0.78 points to end at 7.02 and Chongqing Zaisheng Technology Co Ltd (SS: 603601 ) shed 7.08% or 0.53 points to 6.96.

The top performers on the SZSE Component were Talkweb Information System Co Ltd (SZ: 002261 ) which rose 10.12% to 4.680, Shenzhen Zhenye Group Co Ltd (SZ: 000006 ) which was up 10.04% to settle at 6.14 and Anhui Shengyun Environment-Protection Group Co Ltd (SZ: 300090 ) which gained 10.03% to close at 3.29.

The worst performers were Jiangsu Jiujiujiu Technology Co Ltd (SZ: 002411 ) which was down 9.99% to 22.88 in late trade, Xinzhi Motor Co Ltd (SZ: 002664 ) which lost 9.96% to settle at 12.38 and Taiji Computer Corp Ltd (SZ: 002368 ) which was down 5.56% to 28.90 at the close.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 888 to 466 and 99 ended unchanged on the Shanghai Stock Exchange.

The CBOE China Etf Volatility , which measures the implied volatility of Shanghai Composite options, was unchanged 0.00% to 22.04.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was down 0.09% or 1.10 to $1207.20 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.48% or 0.34 to hit $71.11 a barrel, while the November Brent oil contract rose 0.20% or 0.16 to trade at $79.56 a barrel.

USD/CNY was down 0.00% to 6.8493, while EUR/CNY rose 0.23% to 8.0134.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 93.97.

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