Investing.com – Taiwan equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the , Cement and Cement & Glass sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted fell 1.92%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Hong Yi Fiber (TW:1452), which rose 10.00% or 2.75 points to trade at 30.25 at the close. Solartech Ener (TW:3561) added 9.87% or 1.15 points to end at 12.80 and Aurotek (TW:6215) was up 9.80% or 1.20 points to 13.45 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Jye Tai (TW:6165), which lost 7.57% or 0.95 points to trade at 11.60 in late trade. Transcend Info (TW:2451) declined 6.96% or 6.10 points to end at 81.60 and Nan Ya Pcb Cor (TW:8046) shed 6.37% or 2.00 points to 29.40.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 457 to 387 on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was down 2.96% or 1.46 to $47.74 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 2.57% or 1.39 to hit $52.76 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.87% or 9.90 to trade at $1142.40 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.15% to 32.398, while TWD/CNY rose 0.46% to 0.1971.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.48% at 95.50.