Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the , Cement and Other Electronic sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted lost 0.22%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were HannsTouch Solution Inc (TW:3049), which rose 10.00% or 0.72 points to trade at 7.92 at the close. Meanwhile, Orient Semiconductor Electronics Ltd (TW:2329) added 10.00% or 0.79 points to end at 8.69 and Tai Twun Enterprise Co Ltd (TW:3432) was up 9.93% or 1.45 points to 16.05 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were GenMont Biotech Inc (TW:3164), which fell 9.60% or 3.15 points to trade at 29.65 at the close. Genesis Photonics Inc (TW:3383) declined 7.63% or 0.27 points to end at 3.27 and Crowell Development Corp (TW:2528) was down 7.50% or 1.50 points to 18.50.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 442 to 332 and 138 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 1.78% or 1.21 to $66.67 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.20% or 0.15 to hit $75.47 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.53% or 6.90 to trade at $1296.80 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.20% to 30.015, while TWD/CNY unchanged 0.00% to 0.2132.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 94.51.