China's shares closed the month down to 31 months following trade concerns

* HSEC down 0.2% at its lowest level since January 2016

* SSEC hits lowest intraday since February 2016

* Blue-chips down 0.2 percent

SHANGHAI, Sept. 11 (Reuters) – Shanghai's Chinese Composite Index lost its weakest closing in 31 months on Tuesday as investors cautiously waited for a shift in international trade disputes.

** At closing, the Shanghai Composite Index was down 4.69 points or 0.2% at 2,669.48. This is the lowest closing of the index since January 28, 2016. Earlier in the session, the index reached an intra-day minimum of 2,652.70, its lowest level since February 29 2016. ** The CSI300 index The financial sector subindex closed down 0.59%, the consumer staples sector gained 0.51%, the real estate index fell 0.92% and the health care sub-index 0.55%. ** Shenzhen's smallest index rose 0.17% and the ChiNext Composite dashboard rose 0.31%. ** Some Apple Inc. suppliers have extended their losses after US President Donald Trump tweeted that the technology giant should manufacture products in the US if he wanted to avoid customs duties on them. Chinese imports. ** Among Apple suppliers, Shenzhen Sunway Communication Co Ltd. finished down 2.1% and Suzhou Dongshan Precision Manufacturing Co. Ltd. lost 3.6%, but Luxshare Precision Co Ltd rebounded 0.9% after fall of 10% Monday.

** In the region as a whole, the MSCI Asia ex-Japan index was 0.11% lower, while the Japanese Nikkei index closed up 1.3%. ** At 0709 GMT, the yuan was quoted at 6.8607 per US dollar, 0.07% lower than the previous close of 6.8557. ** The largest percentage gains in the Shanghai Composite Index were Jiangsu New Energy Development Co Ltd, which ended up 10% higher, followed by SEC Electric Machinery Co Ltd, which closed up 10% and from ZhongTongGuoMai Communication Co Ltd. . ** The largest percentage losses of the Shanghai index were recorded at Nanjing Central Emporium Group, down 10.08%, followed by Maanshan Iron & Steel Co Ltd, down 10.05% and Shandong Hualu Hengsheng Chemical Co. lower percent. ** So far this year, the Shanghai stock index fell by 19.4%, the CSI300 by 20% and China's, listed in Hong Kong, by 11.5%. Shanghai shares fell 2.22% this month. ** About 9.99 billion shares were traded on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, about 84% of the 30-day moving average market (11.89 billion shares per day). The volume of the previous sitting was 10.36 milliard. ** At 07:10 GMT, Chinese A shares traded at a 20.83% premium over H shares listed in Hong Kong. ** The Shanghai Stock Index is below its 50-day moving average and 200-day moving average. ** The price / earnings ratio of the Shanghai Index was 11.25 on the last trading day, while the dividend yield was 2.8%. ** So far this week, the market capitalization of the Shanghai Stock Exchange fell 1.19% to 28.43 billion yuan. (Report by Andrew Galbraith, edited by Sherry Jacob-Phillips)