Investing.com – Taiwan equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the , Financials and Glass sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted declined 0.16%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Roundtop Machinery Industries Co Ltd (TW:1540), which rose 10.00% or 2.85 points to trade at 31.35 at the close. CviLux Corp (TW:8103) added 9.97% or 7.10 points to end at 78.30 and Super Dragon Technology Co Ltd (TW:9955) was up 9.97% or 3.50 points to 38.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Arcadyan Technology Corp (TW:3596), which lost 11.11% or 18.00 points to trade at 144.00 in late trade. EverFocus Electronics Corp (TW:5484) declined 10.00% or 8.20 points to end at 73.80 and Lead Data Inc (TW:2443) shed 9.85% or 0.39 points to 3.57.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 0 to 0 on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.58% or 0.47 to $80.37 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.53% or 0.45 to hit $84.40 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.23% or 5.65 to trade at $2,434.55 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.07% to 32.60, while TWD/CNY unchanged 0.09% to 0.22.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 104.07.