Investing.com – Taiwan equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the , Biotech & Medical Care and Trading & Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted fell 0.05%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Hiyes International Co Ltd (TW:2348), which rose 9.96% or 3.45 points to trade at 38.10 at the close. Formosa Petrochemical Corp (TW:6505) added 9.91% or 10.50 points to end at 116.50 and Coland Holdings Ltd (TW:4144) was up 9.89% or 4.05 points to 45.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Chaintech Technology Corp (TW:2425), which lost 10.00% or 3.45 points to trade at 31.05 in late trade. Shih Wei Navigation Co Ltd (TW:5608) declined 9.93% or 0.87 points to end at 7.89 and VIA Technologies Inc (TW:2388) shed 9.91% or 4.00 points to 36.35.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 575 to 235 and 102 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.03% or 0.02 to $65.19 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.04% or 0.03 to hit $69.44 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.67% or 8.90 to trade at $1330.40 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.16% to 29.136, while TWD/CNY unchanged 0.00% to 0.2178.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 89.21.