Investing.com – Taiwan equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the , Optoelectronic and Transport sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted fell 1.17% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were HiTi Digital Inc (TW:3494), which rose 5.92% or 0.43 points to trade at 7.69 at the close. Jui Li Enterprise Co Ltd (TW:1512) added 4.09% or 0.35 points to end at 8.90 and Global PMX Co Ltd (TW:4551) was up 3.40% or 3.50 points to 106.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Hotel Holiday Garden (TW:2702), which lost 9.96% or 2.75 points to trade at 24.85 in late trade. Green Energy Technology Inc (TW:3519) declined 9.43% or 0.28 points to end at 2.69 and Huaku Development Co Ltd (TW:2548) shed 8.99% or 6.20 points to 62.80.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 729 to 119 and 59 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 6.34% or 2.89 to $42.70 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 6.23% or 3.37 to hit $50.73 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 1.14% or 14.40 to trade at $1272.50 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.00% to 30.812, while TWD/CNY rose 0.22% to 0.2238.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.46% at 96.010.