Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the , Paper & Pulp and Trading & Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted declined 0.20%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Coaster International Co Ltd (TW:2936), which rose 10.00% or 2.85 points to trade at 31.35 at the close. Meanwhile, Asia Optical Co Inc (TW:3019) added 10.00% or 10.00 points to end at 110.00 and Enlight Corp (TW:2438) was up 9.97% or 0.73 points to 8.05 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Chuwa Wool Industry Co Taiwan Ltd (TW:1439), which fell 9.40% or 2.45 points to trade at 23.60 at the close. China Petrochemical Development Corp (TW:1314) declined 7.88% or 1.15 points to end at 13.45 and Elitegroup Computer Systems Co Ltd (TW:2331) was down 5.36% or 1.05 points to 18.55.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 461 to 342 and 110 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.16% or 0.10 to $63.81 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.15% or 0.10 to hit $67.19 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.11% or 1.50 to trade at $1334.30 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.07% to 29.242, while TWD/CNY unchanged 0.00% to 0.2158.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 89.71.