Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the , Optoelectronic and Electronic Parts/Components sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted lost 0.63%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Fortune Electric Co Ltd (TW:1519), which rose 9.87% or 2.20 points to trade at 24.50 at the close. Meanwhile, JSL Construction & Development Co Ltd (TW:2540) added 9.11% or 2.45 points to end at 29.35 and Adimmune Corp (TW:4142) was up 8.14% or 1.55 points to 20.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Zhen Ding Technology Holding Ltd (TW:4958), which fell 9.96% or 7.70 points to trade at 69.60 at the close. LARGAN Precision Co Ltd (TW:3008) declined 9.92% or 425.00 points to end at 3860.00 and Asmedia Technology Inc (TW:5269) was down 8.73% or 49.00 points to 512.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 497 to 296 and 114 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.22% or 0.15 to $68.53 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.36% or 0.28 to hit $77.77 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.14% or 1.70 to trade at $1204.10 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.00% to 30.808, while TWD/CNY rose 0.18% to 0.2235.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 94.04.