BEIJING: China stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Travel & Leisure, Retailers and Technology Hardware & Equipment sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Shanghai, the Shanghai Composite added 0.66%, while the SZSE Component index climbed 0.86%.
The best performers of the session on the Shanghai Composite were Chutian Exp (SS:600035), which rose 10.08% or 0.600 points to trade at 6.550 at the close. Meanwhile, Yueyang Paper (SS:600963) added 10.07% or 0.740 points to end at 8.090 and Lingyuan Steel (SS:600231) was up 10.07% or 0.580 points to 6.340 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sinotex Invest (SS:600061), which fell 9.99% or 3.400 points to trade at 30.640 at the close. Sinomach Auto (SS:600335) declined 9.99% or 3.790 points to end at 34.140 and Atlantic (SS:600558) was down 5.14% or 0.990 points to 18.280.
The top performers on the SZSE Component were Luoniushan Co Ltd (SZ:000735) which rose 10.07% to 8.31, Guangdong Weihua Corp (SZ:002240) which was up 10.04% to settle at 11.62 and Zhejiang Satellite Petrochemical Co Ltd (SZ:002648) which gained 10.03% to close at 13.05.
The worst performers were Zhejiang Yasha Decoration Co Ltd (SZ:002375) which was down 10.00% to 23.66 in late trade, Zhongli Science and Technology Group Co Ltd (SZ:002309) which lost 10.00% to settle at 30.05 and PKU HealthCare Corp Ltd (SZ:000788) which was down 9.99% to 18.65 at the close.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Shanghai Stock Exchange by 722 to 249.
