Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the , Other Electronic and Semiconductor sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted fell 0.65%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Giant Manufacturing Co Ltd (TW:9921), which rose 8.33% or 12.00 points to trade at 156.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Hanpin Electron Co Ltd (TW:2488) added 8.01% or 2.35 points to end at 31.70 and Sun Race Sturmey-Archer Inc (TW:1526) was up 7.13% or 2.25 points to 33.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Global Unichip Corp (TW:3443), which fell 9.83% or 20.00 points to trade at 183.50 at the close. FarGlory Hotel Co Ltd (TW:2712) declined 9.53% or 4.10 points to end at 38.90 and Career Technology MFG Co Ltd (TW:6153) was down 8.27% or 2.10 points to 23.30.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 486 to 302 and 124 ended unchanged.
Shares in Career Technology MFG Co Ltd (TW:6153) fell to 52-week lows; losing 8.27% or 2.10 to 23.30.
Crude oil for February delivery was down 2.11% or 0.98 to $45.56 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 1.22% or 0.67 to hit $54.24 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.73% or 9.35 to trade at $1293.45 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.53% to 30.923, while TWD/CNY fell 0.18% to 0.2224.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.35% at 96.083.