Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the , Electronic Parts/Components and Semiconductor sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted lost 0.59%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Mospec Semiconductor Corp (TW:2434), which rose 10.00% or 1.35 points to trade at 14.85 at the close. Meanwhile, Cyberlink Co (TW:5203) added 9.96% or 6.90 points to end at 76.20 and Power Quotient International Co Ltd (TW:6145) was up 9.96% or 0.72 points to 7.95 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Holy Stone Enterprise Co Ltd (TW:3026), which fell 10.00% or 24.00 points to trade at 216.00 at the close. Walsin Technology Corp (TW:2492) declined 9.92% or 31.00 points to end at 281.50 and Jenn Feng New Energy Co Ltd (TW:1538) was down 9.83% or 0.53 points to 4.86.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 403 to 369 and 143 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.28% or 0.20 to $71.69 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.15% or 0.12 to hit $79.40 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.23% or 3.00 to trade at $1288.50 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.21% to 29.915, while TWD/CNY fell 0.14% to 0.2131.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 93.26.