Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the , Biotech & Medical Care and Trading & Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted declined 0.05%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Hiyes International Co Ltd (TW:2348), which rose 9.96% or 3.45 points to trade at 38.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Formosa Petrochemical Corp (TW:6505) added 9.91% or 10.50 points to end at 116.50 and Coland Holdings Ltd (TW:4144) was up 9.89% or 4.05 points to 45.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Chaintech Technology Corp (TW:2425), which fell 10.00% or 3.45 points to trade at 31.05 at the close. Shih Wei Navigation Co Ltd (TW:5608) declined 9.93% or 0.87 points to end at 7.89 and VIA Technologies Inc (TW:2388) was down 9.91% or 4.00 points to 36.35.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 575 to 235 and 102 ended unchanged.
Shares in Shih Wei Navigation Co Ltd (TW:5608) fell to all time lows; falling 9.93% or 0.87 to 7.89.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.03% or 0.02 to $65.19 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $69.45 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.67% or 8.90 to trade at $1330.40 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.16% to 29.136, while TWD/CNY unchanged 0.00% to 0.2178.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 89.20.