China shares mixed at close of trade; Shanghai Composite down 0.01%

Investing.com – China equities were mixed at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Travel & Leisure , Life Insurance and Retailers sectors propelled 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 declined 0.01%, while the SZSE Component index gained 0.18%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Shanghai Composite were Whirlpool China Co Ltd (SS: 600983 ), which rose 10.07% or 0.540 points to trade at 5.900 at the close. Shanghai Kaichuang Marine International Co Ltd (SS: 600097 ) added 10.01% or 1.270 points to end at 13.960 and Tibet Rhodiola Pharmaceutical Holding Co (SS: 600211 ) was up 10.00% or 3.870 points to 42.560 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Huayi Electric Co Ltd (SS: 600290 ), which lost 10.02% or 1.170 points to trade at 10.510 in late trade. Xishui Strong Year Co Ltd Inner Mongolia (SS: 600291 ) declined 10.02% or 1.860 points to end at 16.700 and TongLing Zonfa Trinity Technology Co Ltd (SS: 600520 ) shed 10.02% or 2.04 points to 18.32.

The top performers on the SZSE Component were Oriental Energy Co Ltd (SZ: 002221 ) which rose 10.03% to 10.97, JPMF Guangdong Co Ltd (SZ: 002600 ) which was up 9.95% to settle at 6.63 and Beijing Shunxin Agriculture Co Ltd (SZ: 000860 ) which gained 7.94% to close at 26.93.

The worst performers were Dalian Zeus Entertainment (SZ: 002354 ) which was down 10.01% to 13.04 in late trade, Shan Dong Dong-E E-Jiao Co Ltd (SZ: 000423 ) which lost 10.00% to settle at 53.02 and Chengdu CORPRO Technology Co Ltd (SZ: 300101 ) which was down 9.67% to 16.53 at the close.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 727 to 595 and 38 ended unchanged on the Shanghai Stock Exchange.

The CBOE China Etf Volatility , which measures the implied volatility of Shanghai Composite options, was up 0.09% to 22.08.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for June delivery was up 0.36% or 4.70 to $1311.50 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.73% or 0.49 to hit $67.74 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.56% or 0.41 to trade at $73.54 a barrel.

USD/CNY was up 0.43% to 6.3603, while EUR/CNY rose 0.54% to 7.6502.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 92.07.