Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the , Other Electronic and Auto sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted fell 0.62%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Chia Her Industrial Co Ltd (TW:1449), which rose 9.94% or 0.54 points to trade at 5.97 at the close. Meanwhile, Powertech Industrial Co Ltd (TW:3296) added 9.94% or 1.80 points to end at 19.90 and Tidehold Development Co Ltd (TW:9902) was up 9.83% or 0.98 points to 10.95 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Global Mixed-Mode Technology Inc (TW:8081), which fell 6.85% or 5.00 points to trade at 68.00 at the close. Cheer Time Enterprise Co Ltd (TW:3229) declined 6.72% or 1.80 points to end at 25.00 and Hsin Ba Ba Corp (TW:9906) was down 5.58% or 1.20 points to 20.30.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 453 to 304 and 120 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.28% or 0.13 to $46.94 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.34% or 0.17 to hit $49.51 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.56% or 6.88 to trade at $1226.08 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.30% to 30.513, while TWD/CNY fell 0.13% to 0.2226.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 95.91.