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 fell 0.27%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Enlight Corp (TW:2438), which rose 9.94% or 0.80 points to trade at 8.85 at the close. Meanwhile, Hai Kwang Enterprise Corp (TW:2038) added 9.93% or 1.40 points to end at 15.50 and Taiwan Chelic Corp Ltd (TW:4555) was up 9.93% or 7.00 points to 77.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Merry Electronics Co Ltd (TW:2439), which fell 6.25% or 12.00 points to trade at 180.00 at the close. Solytech Enterprise Corp (TW:1471) declined 5.78% or 0.47 points to end at 7.66 and Jui Li Enterprise Co Ltd (TW:1512) was down 3.52% or 0.45 points to 12.35.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 429 to 367 and 113 ended unchanged.
Shares in Hai Kwang Enterprise Corp (TW:2038) rose to 5-year highs; rising 9.93% or 1.40 to 15.50. Shares in Taiwan Chelic Corp Ltd (TW:4555) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 9.93% or 7.00 to 77.50.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.13% or 0.08 to $61.72 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $64.73 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.33% or 4.40 to trade at $1313.50 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.08% to 29.321, while TWD/CNY rose 0.19% to 0.2159.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 90.66.