Investing.com – China equities were mixed at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Media, Technology Hardware & Equipment and Retailers sectors propelled shares higher while losses in the Telecoms, Mobile and Electricity sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Shanghai, the Shanghai Composite lost 0.56%, while the SZSE Component index climbed 0.71%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Shanghai Composite were Zhongyuan Exp (SS:600020), which rose 10.07% or 0.740 points to trade at 8.090 at the close. Dahua Chemical (SS:900951) added 10.05% or 0.097 points to end at 1.062 and Citic Heavy In (SS:601608) was up 10.05% or 0.950 points to 10.400 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sunyard (SS:600571), which lost 6.34% or 8.460 points to trade at 124.900 in late trade. Dongfang Elec SS (SS:600875) declined 5.92% or 1.700 points to end at 27.010 and Anhui Express (SS:600012) shed 5.78% or 0.670 points to 10.920.
The top performers on the SZSE Component were Suning Commerce Group Co Ltd (SZ:002024) which rose 7.24% to 20.00, ZTE Corp (SZ:000063) which was up 6.45% to settle at 32.50 and Pangang Group Vanadium Titanium & Resources Co Ltd (SZ:000629) which gained 5.70% to close at 5.19.
The worst performers were AVIC Aircraft Co Ltd (SZ:000768) which was down 3.50% to 33.65 in late trade, Chongqing Changan Automobile Co Ltd (SZ:000625) which lost 2.70% to settle at 23.07 and Beijing Originwater Technology (SZ:300070) which was down 2.67% to 51.10 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 546 to 425 on the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
The CBOE China Etf Volatility, which measures the implied volatility of Shanghai Composite options, was up 0.14% to 29.11.
In commodities trading, Gold for June delivery was up 0.13% or 1.50 to $1193.90 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 1.02% or 0.62 to hit $61.37 a barrel, while the July Brent oil contract rose 0.74% or 0.50 to trade at $67.88 a barrel.
USD/CNY was down 0.06% to 6.2053, while EUR/CNY rose 0.29% to 6.9825.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.30% at 94.42.