Investing.com – Taiwan equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the , Electricity and Semiconductor sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted lost 0.17%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Compeq Manufacturing Co Ltd (TW:2313), which rose 10.00% or 2.85 points to trade at 31.35 at the close. CMC Magnetics Corp (TW:2323) added 9.96% or 0.520 points to end at 5.740 and Min Aik Precision Industrial Co Ltd (TW:4545) was up 9.96% or 3.70 points to 40.85 in late trade.
Biggest losers included VIA Technologies Inc (TW:2388), which lost 9.76% or 3.60 points to trade at 33.30 in late trade. Optimax Technology Corp (TW:3051) declined 6.96% or 0.24 points to end at 3.21 and Fortune Electric Co Ltd (TW:1519) shed 4.78% or 1.30 points to 25.90.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 424 to 393 and 96 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.55% or 0.37 to $67.19 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.35% or 0.25 to hit $72.31 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.39% or 5.30 to trade at $1354.70 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.25% to 29.275, while TWD/CNY rose 0.14% to 0.2148.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 89.24.