Investing.com – China stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Travel & Leisure, Real Estate Investments & Services and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Shanghai, the Shanghai Composite declined 0.88%, while the SZSE Component index fell 0.82%.
The best performers of the session on the Shanghai Composite were Tongji Tech (SS:600846), which rose 10.04% or 0.930 points to trade at 10.190 at the close. Meanwhile, Lanzhou LS Heavy Equipment Co (SS:603169) added 10.03% or 1.82 points to end at 19.97 and Kingray Tech (SS:600390) was up 10.03% or 1.180 points to 12.950 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Greattown-B (SS:900940), which fell 10.01% or 0.104 points to trade at 0.935 at the close. Greattown (SS:600094) declined 9.98% or 1.820 points to end at 16.410 and China Sports (SS:600158) was down 9.05% or 2.230 points to 22.400.
The top performers on the SZSE Component were FSPG Hi-Tech Co Ltd (SZ:000973) which rose 10.04% to 9.10, Wanxiang Qianchao Co Ltd (SZ:000559) which was up 10.02% to settle at 20.53 and Shenzhen Neptunus Bioengineering Co Ltd (SZ:000078) which gained 10.02% to close at 18.88.
The worst performers were Hangzhou Shunwang Tech (SZ:300113) which was down 10.00% to 51.93 in late trade, Shanghai New Culture Media Gr (SZ:300336) which lost 8.75% to settle at 24.50 and Guizhou Space Appliance Co Ltd (SZ:002025) which was down 7.37% to 33.42 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Shanghai Stock Exchange by 627 to 341.
The CBOE China Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Shanghai Composite options, was down 1.42% to 29.11.
Gold for December delivery was down 0.08% or 0.90 to $1084.70 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.47% or 0.21 to hit $44.94 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract fell 0.11% or 0.06 to trade at $49.53 a barrel.
USD/CNY was down 0.00% to 6.2096, while EUR/CNY fell 0.07% to 6.7685.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.01% at 97.98.