Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the , Oil, Gas & Electricity and Electronic Parts/Components sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted declined 0.51%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Aero Win Technology Corp (TW:8222), which rose 9.80% or 1.70 points to trade at 19.05 at the close. Meanwhile, Min Aik Technology Co Ltd (TW:3060) added 7.22% or 1.30 points to end at 19.30 and China Chemical & Pharmaceutical Co Ltd (TW:1701) was up 7.03% or 1.55 points to 23.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Genius Electronic Optical Co Ltd (TW:3406), which fell 9.94% or 31.50 points to trade at 285.50 at the close. Chateau International Development Co Ltd (TW:2722) declined 8.67% or 2.65 points to end at 27.90 and Genesis Photonics Inc (TW:3383) was down 8.24% or 0.22 points to 2.45.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 595 to 204 and 112 ended unchanged.
Shares in Chateau International Development Co Ltd (TW:2722) fell to 5-year lows; falling 8.67% or 2.65 to 27.90. Shares in China Chemical & Pharmaceutical Co Ltd (TW:1701) rose to 3-years highs; up 7.03% or 1.55 to 23.60.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.11% or 0.08 to $75.31 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.11% or 0.09 to hit $84.89 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.01% or 0.10 to trade at $1207.10 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.01% to 30.654, while TWD/CNY rose 0.31% to 0.2252.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 94.94.