Investing.com – Taiwan equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the , Plastic and Chemical sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted declined 0.35%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Tung Kai Technology Engineering Co Ltd (TW:3018), which rose 9.99% or 4.45 points to trade at 49.00 at the close. Genius Electronic Optical Co Ltd (TW:3406) added 9.95% or 31.00 points to end at 342.50 and Hung Chou Fiber Ind Co Ltd (TW:1413) was up 9.94% or 0.72 points to 7.96 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Answer Technology Co Ltd (TW:3528), which lost 7.00% or 2.41 points to trade at 32.00 in late trade. Tai Twun Enterprise Co Ltd (TW:3432) declined 6.56% or 1.00 points to end at 14.25 and Chia Her Industrial Co Ltd (TW:1449) shed 4.76% or 0.28 points to 5.60.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 402 to 338 and 138 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.13% or 0.51 to $45.64 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.13% or 0.54 to hit $48.33 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.21% or 2.56 to trade at $1224.26 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.30% to 30.592, while TWD/CNY fell 0.09% to 0.2230.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 96.06.