Taiwan shares lower at close of trade; Taiwan Weighted down 0.25%

Investing.com – Taiwan equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the , Transport and Semiconductor sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted fell 0.25%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Advanced Optoelectronic Technology Inc (TW:3437), which rose 10.00% or 2.35 points to trade at 25.85 at the close. Lung Hwa Electronics Co Ltd (TW:2424) added 9.99% or 4.25 points to end at 46.80 and Elite Advanced Laser Corp (TW:3450) was up 9.97% or 14.50 points to 160.00 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Arima Communications Corp (TW:8101), which lost 9.95% or 0.21 points to trade at 1.90 in late trade. Lead Data Inc (TW:2443) declined 9.85% or 0.39 points to end at 3.57 and Lucky Cement Co (TW:1108) shed 6.46% or 1.05 points to 15.20.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 0 to 0 on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.35% or 0.26 to $74.78 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.28% or 0.22 to hit $77.80 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.56% or 14.15 to trade at $2,551.95 a troy ounce.

USD/TWD was down 0.21% to 31.91, while TWD/CNY unchanged 0.00% to 0.22.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 100.84.