Investing.com – Taiwan equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the , Computers & Peripherals and Other Electronic sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted lost 0.61%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Inventec Besta Co Ltd (TW:8201), which rose 10.00% or 1.60 points to trade at 17.60 at the close. SciVision Biotech Inc (TW:1786) added 10.00% or 8.50 points to end at 93.50 and Swancor Holding Co Ltd (TW:3708) was up 10.00% or 15.50 points to 170.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Green Seal Holding Ltd (TW:1262), which lost 9.78% or 4.70 points to trade at 43.35 in late trade. Eastern Media International Corp (TW:2614) declined 9.73% or 1.45 points to end at 13.45 and Arima Communications Corp (TW:8101) shed 9.72% or 0.35 points to 3.25.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 532 to 273 and 106 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.30% or 0.19 to $63.20 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.37% or 0.25 to hit $67.89 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.14% or 1.90 to trade at $1345.00 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.03% to 29.136, while TWD/CNY rose 0.28% to 0.2154.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 89.58.