Investing.com – Taiwan equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the , Cement and Other Electronic sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted lost 0.22%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were HannsTouch Solution Inc (TW:3049), which rose 10.00% or 0.72 points to trade at 7.92 at the close. Orient Semiconductor Electronics Ltd (TW:2329) added 10.00% or 0.79 points to end at 8.69 and Tai Twun Enterprise Co Ltd (TW:3432) was up 9.93% or 1.45 points to 16.05 in late trade.
Biggest losers included GenMont Biotech Inc (TW:3164), which lost 9.60% or 3.15 points to trade at 29.65 in late trade. Genesis Photonics Inc (TW:3383) declined 7.63% or 0.27 points to end at 3.27 and Crowell Development Corp (TW:2528) shed 7.50% or 1.50 points to 18.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 442 to 332 and 138 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 1.78% or 1.21 to $66.67 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.20% or 0.15 to hit $75.47 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.54% or 7.00 to trade at $1296.70 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.20% to 30.015, while TWD/CNY unchanged 0.00% to 0.2132.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 94.50.