China shares lower at close of trade; Shanghai Composite down 0.17%

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China shares lower at close of trade; Shanghai Composite down 0.17%
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Investing.com – China equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Real Estate Investments & Services , Software & Computer Services and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Shanghai, the Shanghai Composite lost 0.17%, while the SZSE Component index declined 0.68%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Shanghai Composite were Hunan Corun New Energy Co Ltd (SS: 600478 ), which rose 10.04% or 0.450 points to trade at 4.930 at the close. Nancal Energy-Saving Technology Co Ltd (SS: 603859 ) added 10.02% or 1.700 points to end at 18.670 and Huali Industries Co Ltd (SS: 603038 ) was up 9.98% or 1.87 points to 20.60 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Hainan HNA Infrastructure Investment Group Co Ltd (SS: 600515 ), which lost 9.96% or 1.000 points to trade at 9.040 in late trade. Shanghai Xintonglian Packaging Co Ltd (SS: 603022 ) declined 5.21% or 0.500 points to end at 9.100 and PNC Process Systems Co Ltd (SS: 603690 ) shed 5.17% or 1.20 points to 22.00.

The top performers on the SZSE Component were Guangdong Eastone Century Technology Co Ltd (SZ: 300310 ) which rose 10.04% to 5.81, Shanxi Meijin Energy Co Ltd (SZ: 000723 ) which was up 9.97% to settle at 4.19 and Shenzhen Jiawei Photovoltaic Lighting Co Ltd (SZ: 300317 ) which gained 9.95% to close at 6.41.

The worst performers were Harbin Gloria Pharmaceuticals (SZ: 002437 ) which was down 10.05% to 5.01 in late trade, Jiuzhitang Co Ltd (SZ: 000989 ) which lost 4.73% to settle at 13.48 and Zhejiang Sanhua Co Ltd (SZ: 002050 ) which was down 4.45% to 13.52 at the close.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 685 to 655 and 90 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 22.77.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.18% or 2.20 to $1201.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.89% or 0.60 to hit $67.80 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract rose 0.85% or 0.62 to trade at $73.23 a barrel.

USD/CNY was down 0.08% to 6.8849, while EUR/CNY fell 0.03% to 7.8592.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 96.12.

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