China stocks lower at close of trade; Shanghai Composite down 0.68% By Investing.com

Investing.com – China stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Shanghai, the lost 0.68%, while the index declined 0.50%.

The best performers of the session on the were Shanghai Shibei Hi-Tech Co Ltd A (SS:), which rose 10.09% or 0.43 points to trade at 4.69 at the close. Meanwhile, Shenzhen Geoway Co Ltd (SS:) added 10.09% or 0.340 points to end at 3.710 and Zhejiang Golden Eagle Co Ltd (SS:) was up 10.08% or 0.480 points to 5.240 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Jiangsu Hongtu High Technology Co Ltd (SS:), which fell 10.02% or 0.540 points to trade at 4.850 at the close. Eastern Gold Jade Co Ltd (SS:) declined 9.96% or 0.730 points to end at 6.600 and Jiangsu Zongyi Co Ltd (SS:) was down 7.17% or 0.390 points to 5.050.

The top performers on the SZSE Component were Guangdong Eastone Century Technology Co Ltd (SZ:) which rose 10.10% to 4.47, Nanjing Hanrui Cobalt Co Ltd (SZ:) which was up 10.00% to settle at 87.43 and Talkweb Information System Co Ltd (SZ:) which gained 9.97% to close at 4.300.

The worst performers were Maanshan Fangyuan Slewing Ring Co Ltd (SZ:) which was down 10.02% to 8.71 in late trade, Beijing Shouhang Resources Saving Co Ltd (SZ:) which lost 10.00% to settle at 4.23 and Wanda Cinema Line Corp (SZ:) which was down 10.00% to 25.19 at the close.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Shanghai Stock Exchange by 989 to 423 and 59 ended unchanged.

Shares in Jiangsu Hongtu High Technology Co Ltd (SS:) fell to 3-years lows; losing 10.02% or 0.540 to 4.850. Shares in Eastern Gold Jade Co Ltd (SS:) fell to 5-year lows; falling 9.96% or 0.730 to 6.600. Shares in Maanshan Fangyuan Slewing Ring Co Ltd (SZ:) fell to 3-years lows; down 10.02% or 0.97 to 8.71. Shares in Beijing Shouhang Resources Saving Co Ltd (SZ:) fell to 5-year lows; down 10.00% or 0.47 to 4.23. Shares in Wanda Cinema Line Corp (SZ:) fell to all time lows; falling 10.00% or 2.80 to 25.19.

The , which measures the implied volatility of Shanghai Composite options, was down 1.78% to 29.72.

Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.74% or 9.00 to $1232.80 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.61% or 0.38 to hit $61.83 a barrel, while the January Brent oil contract fell 0.44% or 0.32 to trade at $71.81 a barrel.

USD/CNY was up 0.13% to 6.9288, while EUR/CNY rose 0.46% to 7.9441.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.37% at 95.76.

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