Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the , Iron & Steel and Semiconductor sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted lost 0.52%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Precision (TW:3016), which rose 9.98% or 2.00 points to trade at 22.05 at the close. Meanwhile, Green Energy (TW:3519) added 6.97% or 1.40 points to end at 21.50 and Everspring Ind (TW:2390) was up 6.44% or 1.30 points to 21.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Candmark (TW:5259), which fell 9.57% or 0.18 points to trade at 1.70 at the close. Microtek Intl (TW:2305) declined 9.18% or 0.84 points to end at 8.31 and Realtek (TW:2379) was down 6.72% or 6.30 points to 87.40.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 429 to 308 and 111 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.64% or 0.31 to $47.77 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.85% or 0.41 to hit $47.94 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.56% or 7.05 to trade at $1244.45 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.11% to 32.689, while TWD/CNY fell 0.10% to 0.2006.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.06% at 95.29.