Investing.com – Taiwan equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the , Glass and Optoelectronic sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted fell 1.56%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Via Tech (TW:2388), which rose 10.00% or 1.00 points to trade at 11.00 at the close. Prime Eltrs (TW:6152) added 9.72% or 1.05 points to end at 11.85 and Yon Yu Plastic (TW:1323) was up 9.53% or 2.85 points to 32.75 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tpk Holding (TW:3673), which lost 9.98% or 8.80 points to trade at 79.40 in late trade. Arcadyan Tech (TW:3596) declined 9.94% or 5.05 points to end at 45.75 and Epistar (TW:2448) shed 9.87% or 2.60 points to 23.75.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 728 to 82 and 41 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 1.24% or 0.46 to $36.72 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 1.19% or 0.47 to hit $39.06 a barrel, while the April Gold contract fell 1.20% or 14.90 to trade at $1230.20 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.28% to 32.774, while TWD/CNY rose 0.10% to 0.1990.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.01% at 96.61.