Investing.com – China equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Technology Hardware & Equipment, Technology and Oil Equipment Services & Distribution sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Shanghai, the Shanghai Composite fell 0.09%, while the SZSE Component index declined 0.75%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Shanghai Composite were Jilin Expressway Co Ltd (SS:601518), which rose 10.12% or 0.330 points to trade at 3.590 at the close. China United Network Communications Ltd (SS:600050) added 10.06% or 0.510 points to end at 5.580 and Liaoning SG Automotive Group Co Ltd (SS:600303) was up 10.01% or 0.740 points to 8.130 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Western Region Gold Co Ltd (SS:601069), which lost 10.01% or 2.24 points to trade at 20.14 in late trade. Shanghai Wondertek Software Co Ltd (SS:603189) declined 10.01% or 1.670 points to end at 15.020 and Xiamen Overseas Chinese Electronic Co Ltd (SS:600870) shed 10.00% or 0.660 points to 5.940.
The top performers on the SZSE Component were Shenzhen Tatfook Tech (SZ:300134) which rose 5.47% to 14.65, Dongxu Optoelectronic Tech (SZ:000413) which was up 4.61% to settle at 7.95 and BOE Technology Group Co Ltd (SZ:000725) which gained 4.23% to close at 4.680.
The worst performers were Cangzhou Mingzhu Plastic Co Ltd (SZ:002108) which was down 10.02% to 7.81 in late trade, Jiangsu Yuyue Medical Equipment & Supply Co Ltd (SZ:002223) which lost 10.00% to settle at 19.99 and Shenzhen O-Film Tech Co Ltd (SZ:002456) which was down 9.99% to 17.02 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 758 to 563 and 43 ended unchanged on the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
The CBOE China Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Shanghai Composite options, was up 4.36% to 22.97.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.32% or 4.30 to $1334.00 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.45% or 0.31 to hit $68.09 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract fell 0.38% or 0.28 to trade at $73.78 a barrel.
USD/CNY was up 0.04% to 6.2991, while EUR/CNY fell 0.15% to 7.7269.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 90.22.