Investing.com – Taiwan equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the , Semiconductor and Textile sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted declined 0.37%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Grand Ocean (TW:5907), which rose 10.00% or 2.20 points to trade at 24.20 at the close. Sumagh High-Te (TW:1475) added 9.98% or 0.98 points to end at 10.80 and Advanced Optoelectronic Tech (TW:3437) was up 9.96% or 2.55 points to 28.15 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ennoconn (TW:6414), which lost 8.64% or 37.50 points to trade at 396.50 in late trade. Choice Develop (TW:9929) declined 6.38% or 0.75 points to end at 11.00 and Pihsiang (TW:1729) shed 5.74% or 3.70 points to 60.80.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 0 to 0 on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.44% or 0.22 to $50.02 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.45% or 0.24 to hit $52.88 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.41% or 5.15 to trade at $1259.15 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.23% to 30.455, while TWD/CNY fell 0.09% to 0.2266.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 100.47.