Investing.com – China stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Software & Computer Services, Technology and Technology Hardware & Equipment sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Shanghai, the Shanghai Composite declined 0.85%, while the SZSE Component index declined 0.91%.
The best performers of the session on the Shanghai Composite were Guangdong Sitong Group Co Ltd (SS:603838), which rose 10.02% or 1.02 points to trade at 11.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Shanghai Hile Bio Technology Co Ltd (SS:603718) added 10.02% or 0.930 points to end at 10.210 and GuangDong Super Telecom Co Ltd (SS:603322) was up 10.00% or 4.090 points to 44.990 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Taiyuan Lionhead Cement Co Ltd (SS:600539), which fell 9.99% or 1.510 points to trade at 13.610 at the close. DELIXI XINJIANG Transportation Co Ltd (SS:603032) declined 9.99% or 4.39 points to end at 39.56 and Lucky Film Co Ltd (SS:600135) was down 5.85% or 0.660 points to 10.630.
The top performers on the SZSE Component were Qinghai Salt Lake Industry Co Ltd (SZ:000792) which rose 7.06% to 14.41, Tianjin Zhonghuan Semiconductor Co Ltd (SZ:002129) which was up 6.66% to settle at 10.89 and Chengdu Tianxing Instrument and Meter Co Ltd (SZ:000710) which gained 6.62% to close at 56.17.
The worst performers were Shaanxi J&R Fire Protection Co Ltd (SZ:300116) which was down 10.06% to 6.17 in late trade, Hengyi Petrochemical Co Ltd (SZ:000703) which lost 10.00% to settle at 23.41 and Hunan China Sun Pharma Machinery (SZ:300216) which was down 9.88% to 11.13 at the close.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Shanghai Stock Exchange by 999 to 335 and 30 ended unchanged.
Shares in Taiyuan Lionhead Cement Co Ltd (SS:600539) fell to 52-week lows; down 9.99% or 1.510 to 13.610. Shares in Shaanxi J&R Fire Protection Co Ltd (SZ:300116) fell to 52-week lows; losing 10.06% or 0.69 to 6.17.
The CBOE China Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Shanghai Composite options, was unchanged 0.00% to 31.55 a new 1-month high.
Gold Futures for June delivery was down 0.35% or 4.70 to $1342.20 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.30% or 0.19 to hit $63.20 a barrel, while the June Brent oil contract rose 0.37% or 0.25 to trade at $67.89 a barrel.
USD/CNY was up 0.12% to 6.2841, while EUR/CNY rose 0.33% to 7.7464.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 89.58.