China shares lower at close of trade; Shanghai Composite down 0.10%

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China shares lower at close of trade; Shanghai Composite down 0.10%
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Investing.com – China equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil Equipment Services & Distribution , Gas, Water & Multiutilities and Technology Hardware & Equipment sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Shanghai, the Shanghai Composite declined 0.10%, while the SZSE Component index declined 0.50%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Shanghai Composite were Beijing Hualian Hypermarket Co Ltd (SS: 600361 ), which rose 10.07% or 0.410 points to trade at 4.480 at the close. Nanning Department Store Co Ltd (SS: 600712 ) added 10.05% or 0.380 points to end at 4.160 and Anhui Quanchai Engine Co Ltd (SS: 600218 ) was up 9.97% or 0.910 points to 10.040 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Gansu Ronghua Industry Group Co Ltd (SS: 600311 ), which lost 10.09% or 0.350 points to trade at 3.120 in late trade. Zhejiang Feida Environmental Science & Technology Co Ltd (SS: 600526 ) declined 10.07% or 0.430 points to end at 3.840 and Shanghai Xinhua Media Co Ltd (SS: 600825 ) shed 10.07% or 0.590 points to 5.270.

The top performers on the SZSE Component were Tianjin Zhonghuan Semiconductor Co Ltd (SZ: 002129 ) which rose 9.99% to 8.15, Henan Senyuan Electric Co Ltd (SZ: 002358 ) which was up 9.99% to settle at 18.50 and Shenzhen Deren Electronic Co Ltd (SZ: 002055 ) which gained 9.97% to close at 11.47.

The worst performers were Shenzhen Tatfook Tech (SZ: 300134 ) which was down 10.02% to 9.34 in late trade, Suzhou Dongshan Precision Manufacturing Co Ltd (SZ: 002384 ) which lost 8.83% to settle at 9.50 and Zhongtian Urban Development Group Co Ltd (SZ: 000540 ) which was down 8.78% to 3.22 at the close.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1152 to 301 and 31 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 22.21.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.23% or 3.05 to $1306.15 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.37% or 0.19 to hit $52.18 a barrel, while the April Brent oil contract rose 0.27% or 0.16 to trade at $59.97 a barrel.

USD/CNY was down 0.13% to 6.7351, while EUR/CNY rose 0.01% to 7.7054.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 95.368.

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