Investing.com – Taiwan equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the , Cement and Cement & Glass sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted fell 0.08%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Para (TW:6226), which rose 9.99% or 0.87 points to trade at 9.58 at the close. Genius (TW:3406) added 9.97% or 28.50 points to end at 314.50 and Cameo (TW:6142) was up 9.90% or 0.88 points to 9.77 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Giant (TW:9921), which lost 4.28% or 8.00 points to trade at 179.00 in late trade. Pao Lung (TW:1906) declined 4.15% or 1.10 points to end at 25.40 and Asmedia (TW:5269) shed 3.85% or 13.00 points to 325.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 416 to 351 and 111 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.22% or 0.11 to $49.62 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.06% or 0.03 to hit $52.57 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.24% or 2.95 to trade at $1250.75 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.09% to 30.305, while TWD/CNY fell 0.04% to 0.2274.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 99.84.