Investing.com – China stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Travel & Leisure, Oil Equipment Services & Distribution and Technology Hardware & Equipment sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Shanghai, the Shanghai Composite gained 0.65%, while the SZSE Component index climbed 1.12%.
The best performers of the session on the Shanghai Composite were Fangxing Sci (SS:600552), which rose 10.06% or 0.660 points to trade at 7.220 at the close. Meanwhile, Well Lead Medical Co Ltd (SS:603309) added 10.03% or 1.79 points to end at 19.64 and Hunan Copote Science Technology Co Ltd (SS:600476) was up 10.03% or 1.710 points to 18.760 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Henan Huanghe Whirlwind Co Ltd (SS:600172), which fell 8.55% or 0.490 points to trade at 5.240 at the close. Xishui Strong Year Co Ltd Inner Mongolia (SS:600291) declined 7.78% or 1.300 points to end at 15.400 and Shenzhen Huiding Technology Co Ltd (SS:603160) was down 7.01% or 6.020 points to 79.870.
The top performers on the SZSE Component were Shenzhen Fenda Technology Co Ltd (SZ:002681) which rose 10.06% to 9.41, Shenzhen Minkave Technology Co Ltd (SZ:300506) which was up 9.99% to settle at 23.57 and Suzhou Anjie Technology Co Ltd (SZ:002635) which gained 9.98% to close at 18.95.
The worst performers were Shenwu Environmental Tech (SZ:300156) which was down 9.35% to 10.67 in late trade, Hunan China Sun Pharma Machinery (SZ:300216) which lost 6.86% to settle at 8.01 and Hangzhou Tigermed Consulting (SZ:300347) which was down 6.48% to 56.84 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Shanghai Stock Exchange by 976 to 328 and 65 ended unchanged.
Shares in Henan Huanghe Whirlwind Co Ltd (SS:600172) fell to 5-year lows; losing 8.55% or 0.490 to 5.240. Shares in Xishui Strong Year Co Ltd Inner Mongolia (SS:600291) fell to 52-week lows; falling 7.78% or 1.300 to 15.400. Shares in Shenwu Environmental Tech (SZ:300156) fell to 52-week lows; losing 9.35% or 1.10 to 10.67.
The CBOE China Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Shanghai Composite options, was unchanged 0.00% to 22.14.
Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.28% or 3.70 to $1309.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.06% or 0.04 to hit $67.97 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract fell 0.04% or 0.03 to trade at $73.33 a barrel.
USD/CNY was down 0.06% to 6.3587, while EUR/CNY rose 0.33% to 7.6259.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.30% at 92.31.