Investing.com – Taiwan equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the , Electronic Parts/Components and Machinery sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted fell 0.36%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Min Aik Precision Industrial Co Ltd (TW:4545), which rose 9.98% or 3.30 points to trade at 36.35 at the close. Chia Ta World Co Ltd (TW:2033) added 9.72% or 1.05 points to end at 11.85 and Crowell Development Corp (TW:2528) was up 8.14% or 1.20 points to 15.95 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Green Seal Holding Ltd (TW:1262), which lost 9.86% or 3.10 points to trade at 28.35 in late trade. Hiwin Technologies Corp (TW:2049) declined 9.30% or 32.00 points to end at 312.00 and Advanced Power Electronics Corp (TW:8261) shed 9.19% or 5.10 points to 50.40.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 442 to 339 and 135 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.36% or 0.24 to $66.83 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.42% or 0.30 to hit $71.54 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.23% or 2.90 to trade at $1242.60 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.13% to 30.503, while TWD/CNY rose 0.05% to 0.2191.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 94.16.