Investing.com – Taiwan equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the , Semiconductor and Other Electronic sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted lost 1.00% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Nishoku (TW:3679), which rose 9.87% or 4.85 points to trade at 54.00 at the close. Apacer (TW:8271) added 7.71% or 1.65 points to end at 23.05 and Merry Eltrs (TW:2439) was up 6.31% or 3.80 points to 64.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Candmark (TW:5259), which lost 9.78% or 0.22 points to trade at 2.03 in late trade. G-Tech (TW:3149) declined 9.72% or 0.91 points to end at 8.45 and Unimicron Tech (TW:3037) shed 9.71% or 1.50 points to 13.95.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 592 to 187 and 72 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.98% or 0.44 to $45.22 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.94% or 0.43 to hit $46.26 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.09% or 1.15 to trade at $1296.95 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.26% to 32.195, while TWD/CNY rose 0.20% to 0.2022.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.27% at 92.28.