Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the , Trading & Consumer Goods and Paper & Pulp sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted lost 0.24%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Taisol Electronics Co Ltd (TW:3338), which rose 9.98% or 2.00 points to trade at 22.05 at the close. Meanwhile, Ritek Corp (TW:2349) added 9.88% or 1.250 points to end at 13.900 and SciVision Biotech Inc (TW:1786) was up 9.86% or 6.30 points to 70.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Accton Technology Corp (TW:2345), which fell 9.97% or 9.60 points to trade at 86.70 at the close. Alchip Technologies Ltd (TW:3661) declined 9.94% or 9.80 points to end at 88.80 and Jentech Precision Industrial Co Ltd (TW:3653) was down 9.93% or 8.50 points to 77.10.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 576 to 222 and 108 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.68% or 0.48 to $71.25 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.42% or 0.33 to hit $79.73 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.11% or 1.30 to trade at $1209.60 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.14% to 30.779, while TWD/CNY rose 0.14% to 0.2225.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 94.03.