Investing.com – Taiwan equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the , Electricity and Glass sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted declined 0.68% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Microtek International Inc (TW:2305), which rose 9.95% or 0.79 points to trade at 8.73 at the close. Tri Ocean Textile Co Ltd (TW:1472) added 9.93% or 2.75 points to end at 30.45 and Ruentex Materials Co Ltd (TW:8463) was up 9.87% or 2.35 points to 26.15 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Chang Type Industrial Co Ltd (TW:1541), which lost 10.00% or 3.65 points to trade at 32.85 in late trade. Plotech Co Ltd (TW:6141) declined 9.97% or 3.30 points to end at 29.80 and China Steel Structure Co Ltd (TW:2013) shed 9.97% or 3.65 points to 32.95.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 681 to 156 and 75 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.21% or 0.14 to $68.19 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.36% or 0.27 to hit $74.27 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.23% or 3.10 to trade at $1325.90 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.01% to 29.695, while TWD/CNY rose 0.09% to 0.2124.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 90.91.