Taiwan shares lower at close of trade; Taiwan Weighted down 0.53%

Investing.com – Taiwan equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the , Machinery and Paper&Pulp sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted lost 0.53%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Arima Communications Corp (TW:8101), which rose 350.24% or 7.39 points to trade at 9.50 at the close. RichWave Technology Corp (TW:4968) added 10.00% or 17.00 points to end at 187.00 and Acbel Polytech Inc (TW:6282) was up 9.95% or 3.05 points to 33.70 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Lead Data Inc (TW:2443), which lost 9.85% or 0.39 points to trade at 3.57 in late trade. Coxon Precise Industrial Co Ltd (TW:3607) declined 9.31% or 1.95 points to end at 19.00 and Everlight Electronics Co Ltd (TW:2393) shed 7.43% or 6.10 points to 76.00.

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

In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.70% or 0.48 to $67.95 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.59% or 0.43 to hit $71.85 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.88% or 22.65 to trade at $2,563.85 a troy ounce.

USD/TWD was up 0.35% to 32.58, while TWD/CNY unchanged 0.09% to 0.22.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 106.56.