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China stocks mixed at close of trade; Shanghai Composite up 0.33%

Published 10/24/2018, 03:35 AM
Updated 10/24/2018, 03:35 AM
© Reuters.  China stocks mixed at close of trade; Shanghai Composite up 0.33%

© Reuters. China stocks mixed at close of trade; Shanghai Composite up 0.33%

Investing.com – China stocks were mixed after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Banking, Financials and Real Estate Investments & Services sectors led shares higher while losses in the Oil Equipment Services & Distribution, Software & Computer Services and Technology sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Shanghai, the Shanghai Composite rose 0.33%, while the SZSE Component index fell 0.39%.

The best performers of the session on the Shanghai Composite were Shenzhen Geoway Co Ltd (SS:600462), which rose 10.16% or 0.250 points to trade at 2.710 at the close. Meanwhile, Shanghai Greencourt Investment Group Co Ltd A (SS:600695) added 10.13% or 0.32 points to end at 3.48 and Pacific Securities Co Ltd (SS:601099) was up 10.13% or 0.230 points to 2.500 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Xilinmen Furniture Co Ltd (SS:603008), which fell 7.23% or 0.800 points to trade at 10.270 at the close. Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group Co Ltd (SS:600887) declined 7.18% or 1.840 points to end at 23.800 and Ningbo Fubang (SS:600768) was down 6.73% or 0.640 points to 8.870.

The top performers on the SZSE Component were Sealand Securities Co Ltd (SZ:000750) which rose 9.94% to 3.87, BGI Genomics Co Ltd (SZ:300676) which was up 8.49% to settle at 54.20 and Jiangsu Zhangjiagang Rural Commercial Bank Co Ltd (SZ:002839) which gained 8.46% to close at 5.64.

The worst performers were Changchun High & New Technology Industries Group Inc (SZ:000661) which was down 8.23% to 170.50 in late trade, Chongqing Zhifei Bio Products (SZ:300122) which lost 7.01% to settle at 36.24 and Wonders Information (SZ:300168) which was down 6.71% to 10.71 at the close.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Shanghai Stock Exchange by 827 to 534 and 103 ended unchanged.

Shares in Xilinmen Furniture Co Ltd (SS:603008) fell to 3-years lows; losing 7.23% or 0.800 to 10.270. Shares in Wonders Information (SZ:300168) fell to 5-year lows; falling 6.71% or 0.77 to 10.71.

The CBOE China Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Shanghai Composite options, was unchanged 0.00% to 29.84.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.09% or 1.10 to $1234.50 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.11% or 0.07 to hit $66.36 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.18% or 0.14 to trade at $76.30 a barrel.

USD/CNY was up 0.01% to 6.9389, while EUR/CNY fell 0.24% to 7.9398.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 95.87.

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