Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the , Oil, Gas & Electricity and Plastic sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted lost 0.09%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Yang Ming Mari (TW:2609), which rose 9.93% or 0.44 points to trade at 4.87 at the close. Meanwhile, Mobiletron (TW:1533) added 9.90% or 3.80 points to end at 42.20 and Hsin Ba Ba (TW:9906) was up 7.90% or 1.60 points to 21.85 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Transasia (TW:6702), which fell 9.84% or 0.12 points to trade at 1.10 at the close. Basso Indu (TW:1527) declined 5.27% or 5.20 points to end at 93.40 and Choice Develop (TW:9929) was down 4.98% or 0.55 points to 10.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 383 to 367 and 124 ended unchanged.
Shares in Transasia (TW:6702) fell to all time lows; losing 9.84% or 0.12 to 1.10.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.14% or 0.07 to $50.97 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.09% or 0.05 to hit $53.95 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 1.78% or 20.75 to trade at $1142.95 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.36% to 31.910, while TWD/CNY rose 0.09% to 0.2153.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.34% at 102.38.