Investing.com – Taiwan equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the , Cement and Trading & Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted declined 0.18%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Century Iron And Steel Industrial Co Ltd (TW:9958), which rose 10.00% or 6.90 points to trade at 75.90 at the close. China Steel Structure Co Ltd (TW:2013) added 10.00% or 2.15 points to end at 23.65 and CoAdna Holdings Inc (TW:4984) was up 9.99% or 4.00 points to 44.05 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Power Quotient International Co Ltd (TW:6145), which lost 9.82% or 1.10 points to trade at 10.10 in late trade. Arima Communications Corp (TW:8101) declined 6.20% or 0.23 points to end at 3.48 and BizLink Holding Inc (TW:3665) shed 6.20% or 16.00 points to 242.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 402 to 387 and 123 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.61% or 0.39 to $64.77 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.39% or 0.27 to hit $69.03 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.17% or 2.20 to trade at $1322.00 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.01% to 29.155, while TWD/CNY unchanged 0.00% to 0.2144.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.06% at 89.71.