Investing.com – Taiwan equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the , Optoelectronic and Auto sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted lost 0.18%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Genius Electronic Optical Co Ltd (TW:3406), which rose 9.92% or 23.50 points to trade at 260.50 at the close. VIA Technologies Inc (TW:2388) added 9.90% or 2.90 points to end at 32.20 and Associated Industries China Inc (TW:9912) was up 9.90% or 0.89 points to 9.88 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Falcon Power Co Ltd (TW:1516), which lost 9.84% or 2.75 points to trade at 25.20 in late trade. King Yuan Electronics Co Ltd (TW:2449) declined 7.36% or 2.40 points to end at 30.20 and Ching Feng Home Fashions Co Ltd (TW:9935) shed 5.84% or 1.60 points to 25.80.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 436 to 346 and 129 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.15% or 0.09 to $61.05 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $64.89 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.05% or 0.60 to trade at $1326.20 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.03% to 29.186, while TWD/CNY unchanged 0.00% to 0.2161.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 89.68.