China shares mixed at close of trade; Shanghai Composite up 0.18%

Investing.com – China equities were mixed at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Gas, Water & Multiutilities , Telecoms and Mobile sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Oil Equipment Services & Distribution , Life Insurance and Software & Computer Services sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Shanghai, the Shanghai Composite gained 0.18%, while the SZSE Component index declined 0.44%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Shanghai Composite were Shenzhen Geoway Co Ltd (SS: 600462 ), which rose 10.11% or 0.280 points to trade at 3.050 at the close. Hengtong Logistics Co Ltd (SS: 603223 ) added 10.03% or 1.20 points to end at 13.17 and DELIXI XINJIANG Transportation Co Ltd (SS: 603032 ) was up 10.01% or 2.43 points to 26.70 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Sinomach Automobile Co Ltd (SS: 600335 ), which lost 10.01% or 0.940 points to trade at 8.450 in late trade. Shanghai Lingang Holdings Co Ltd A (SS: 600848 ) declined 10.01% or 2.170 points to end at 19.500 and Shanghai Lingang Holdings Co Ltd B (SS: 900928 ) shed 10.01% or 0.153 points to 1.375.

The top performers on the SZSE Component were Beihai Yinhe Industry Investment Co Ltd (SZ: 000806 ) which rose 10.03% to 4.17, CNNC Hua Yuan Titanium Dioxide Co Ltd (SZ: 002145 ) which was up 8.10% to settle at 3.87 and Palm Landscape Architecture Co Ltd (SZ: 002431 ) which gained 6.67% to close at 4.96.

The worst performers were Jiangxi Ganfeng Lithium Co Ltd (SZ: 002460 ) which was down 10.00% to 28.89 in late trade, Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology Co Ltd Class A (SZ: 002202 ) which lost 9.91% to settle at 9.91 and Sichuan Tianqi Lithium Industries Inc (SZ: 002466 ) which was down 7.59% to 33.36 at the close.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 802 to 542 and 115 ended unchanged on the Shanghai Stock Exchange.

The CBOE China Etf Volatility , which measures the implied volatility of Shanghai Composite options, was unchanged 0.00% to 25.47.

In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.02% or 0.20 to $1191.70 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.40% or 0.30 to hit $74.66 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract fell 0.33% or 0.28 to trade at $84.72 a barrel.

USD/CNY was down 0.06% to 6.9189, while EUR/CNY fell 0.13% to 7.9462.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 95.41.