Investing.com – Taiwan equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the , Paper & Pulp and Trading & Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted fell 0.20%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Coaster International Co Ltd (TW:2936), which rose 10.00% or 2.85 points to trade at 31.35 at the close. Asia Optical Co Inc (TW:3019) added 10.00% or 10.00 points to end at 110.00 and Enlight Corp (TW:2438) was up 9.97% or 0.73 points to 8.05 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Chuwa Wool Industry Co Taiwan Ltd (TW:1439), which lost 9.40% or 2.45 points to trade at 23.60 in late trade. China Petrochemical Development Corp (TW:1314) declined 7.88% or 1.15 points to end at 13.45 and Elitegroup Computer Systems Co Ltd (TW:2331) shed 5.36% or 1.05 points to 18.55.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 461 to 342 and 110 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.16% or 0.10 to $63.81 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.15% or 0.10 to hit $67.19 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.11% or 1.40 to trade at $1334.20 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.07% to 29.242, while TWD/CNY unchanged 0.00% to 0.2158.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 89.71.