Investing.com – Taiwan equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the , Other Electronic and Paper & Pulp sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted lost 0.52% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Walsin Technology Corp (TW:2492), which rose 9.77% or 7.30 points to trade at 82.00 at the close. AOPEN Inc (TW:3046) added 6.37% or 0.24 points to end at 4.01 and Merida Industry Co Ltd (TW:9914) was up 6.30% or 8.00 points to 135.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Genius Electronic Optical Co Ltd (TW:3406), which lost 9.95% or 47.00 points to trade at 425.50 in late trade. Qisda Corp (TW:2352) declined 5.91% or 1.40 points to end at 22.30 and Jung Shing Wire Co Ltd (TW:1617) shed 5.69% or 0.85 points to 14.10.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 519 to 245 and 108 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.14% or 0.07 to $50.42 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.07% or 0.04 to hit $55.52 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.07% or 0.92 to trade at $1311.72 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.14% to 30.147, while TWD/CNY rose 0.55% to 0.2195.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 91.62.