Investing.com – Taiwan equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the , Iron & Steel and Trading & Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted declined 0.27% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Genesis Photon (TW:3383), which rose 9.98% or 0.65 points to trade at 7.16 at the close. Microelectroni (TW:2314) added 9.81% or 0.92 points to end at 10.30 and Prime Eltrs (TW:6152) was up 9.80% or 1.00 points to 11.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Candmark (TW:5259), which lost 9.87% or 0.47 points to trade at 4.29 in late trade. Chung Hung Ste (TW:2014) declined 8.96% or 0.50 points to end at 5.08 and Htc Corp (TW:2498) shed 8.32% or 7.20 points to 79.30.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 472 to 281 and 99 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 1.03% or 0.39 to $38.14 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.80% or 0.32 to hit $40.16 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.50% or 6.10 to trade at $1229.90 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.38% to 32.305, while TWD/CNY rose 0.20% to 0.2009.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.42% at 94.09.