Investing.com – Taiwan equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the , Other Electronic and Semiconductor sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted lost 0.65%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Giant Manufacturing Co Ltd (TW:9921), which rose 8.33% or 12.00 points to trade at 156.00 at the close. Hanpin Electron Co Ltd (TW:2488) added 8.01% or 2.35 points to end at 31.70 and Sun Race Sturmey-Archer Inc (TW:1526) was up 7.13% or 2.25 points to 33.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Global Unichip Corp (TW:3443), which lost 9.83% or 20.00 points to trade at 183.50 in late trade. FarGlory Hotel Co Ltd (TW:2712) declined 9.53% or 4.10 points to end at 38.90 and Career Technology MFG Co Ltd (TW:6153) shed 8.27% or 2.10 points to 23.30.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 486 to 302 and 124 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 2.13% or 0.99 to $45.55 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 1.24% or 0.68 to hit $54.23 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.73% or 9.35 to trade at $1293.45 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.49% to 30.911, while TWD/CNY fell 0.16% to 0.2225.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.35% at 96.088.