Investing.com – China equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the , and sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Shanghai, the fell 1.49% to hit a new 3-year low, while the index lost 1.51%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the were Yunnan Metropolitan Real Estate Development Co Ltd (SS:), which rose 10.16% or 0.260 points to trade at 2.820 at the close. YanTai Yuancheng Gold Co Ltd (SS:) added 10.09% or 0.540 points to end at 5.890 and Antong Holdings Co Ltd (SS:) was up 10.08% or 0.640 points to 6.990 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pengqi Technology Development Co Ltd B (SS:), which lost 10.07% or 0.045 points to trade at 0.402 in late trade. Zhejiang XinAn Chemical Industrial Group Co Ltd (SS:) declined 10.03% or 1.470 points to end at 13.190 and Hubei Kaile Science and Technology Co Ltd (SS:) shed 10.02% or 1.620 points to 14.550.
The top performers on the SZSE Component were Beijing Lanxum Tech Co (SZ:) which rose 9.99% to 7.71, Shandong Qixing Iron Tower Co Ltd (SZ:) which was up 9.99% to settle at 8.48 and Shenzhen Deren Electronic Co Ltd (SZ:) which gained 9.98% to close at 9.92.
The worst performers were Sichuan Chemical Co Ltd (SZ:) which was down 10.05% to 3.58 in late trade, Beijing SPC Environment Protection Tech Co Ltd (SZ:) which lost 10.02% to settle at 8.35 and Inspur Electronic Info Industr (SZ:) which was down 10.01% to 18.430 at the close.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 1193 to 226 and 43 ended unchanged on the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
The , which measures the implied volatility of Shanghai Composite options, was down 5.03% to 28.51.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for December delivery was up 0.83% or 10.10 to $1232.10 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.42% or 0.30 to hit $71.64 a barrel, while the December Brent oil contract rose 0.67% or 0.54 to trade at $80.97 a barrel.
USD/CNY was up 0.07% to 6.9268, while EUR/CNY rose 0.14% to 8.0138.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 94.88.
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