Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the , Hotels and Electricity sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted fell 0.31% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Walsin Technology Corp (TW:2492), which rose 9.98% or 24.50 points to trade at 270.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Ritek Corp (TW:2349) added 9.90% or 0.950 points to end at 10.550 and Yageo Corp (TW:2327) was up 8.69% or 53.00 points to 663.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sumagh High Tech Corp (TW:1475), which fell 10.00% or 2.45 points to trade at 22.05 at the close. Tung Kai Technology Engineering Co Ltd (TW:3018) declined 9.97% or 6.20 points to end at 56.00 and Hotel Holiday Garden (TW:2702) was down 9.86% or 2.05 points to 18.75.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 466 to 325 and 124 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.23% or 0.15 to $65.16 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.51% or 0.36 to hit $71.12 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.15% or 1.80 to trade at $1183.20 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.22% to 30.804, while TWD/CNY fell 0.18% to 0.2250.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.28% at 96.32.