Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the , Cement and Trading & Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted fell 0.18%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Century Iron And Steel Industrial Co Ltd (TW:9958), which rose 10.00% or 6.90 points to trade at 75.90 at the close. Meanwhile, China Steel Structure Co Ltd (TW:2013) added 10.00% or 2.15 points to end at 23.65 and CoAdna Holdings Inc (TW:4984) was up 9.99% or 4.00 points to 44.05 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Power Quotient International Co Ltd (TW:6145), which fell 9.82% or 1.10 points to trade at 10.10 at the close. Arima Communications Corp (TW:8101) declined 6.20% or 0.23 points to end at 3.48 and BizLink Holding Inc (TW:3665) was down 6.20% or 16.00 points to 242.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 402 to 387 and 123 ended unchanged.
Shares in Century Iron And Steel Industrial Co Ltd (TW:9958) rose to all time highs; up 10.00% or 6.90 to 75.90. Shares in Power Quotient International Co Ltd (TW:6145) fell to 52-week lows; down 9.82% or 1.10 to 10.10.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.57% or 0.37 to $64.75 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.39% or 0.27 to hit $69.03 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.17% or 2.20 to trade at $1322.00 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.01% to 29.155, while TWD/CNY unchanged 0.00% to 0.2144.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 89.72.