Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the , Electricity and Electronic Parts/Components sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted declined 0.08%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Genesis Photonics Inc (TW:3383), which rose 10.00% or 0.33 points to trade at 3.63 at the close. Meanwhile, Lung Hwa Electronics Co Ltd (TW:2424) added 10.00% or 3.15 points to end at 34.65 and CX Technology Corp (TW:2415) was up 10.00% or 2.50 points to 27.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were VIA Technologies Inc (TW:2388), which fell 9.69% or 4.10 points to trade at 38.20 at the close. Teapo Electronic Corp (TW:2375) declined 8.55% or 4.70 points to end at 50.30 and Basso Industry Corp (TW:1527) was down 7.88% or 5.20 points to 60.80.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 439 to 371 and 105 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.60% or 0.39 to $65.14 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.35% or 0.26 to hit $75.55 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.13% or 1.70 to trade at $1295.60 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.18% to 29.800, while TWD/CNY fell 0.05% to 0.2149.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 94.03.