Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the , Electricity and Other Electronic sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted declined 0.71%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Chaintech Technology Corp (TW:2425), which rose 10.00% or 2.70 points to trade at 29.70 at the close. Meanwhile, Spirox Corp (TW:3055) added 10.00% or 3.00 points to end at 33.00 and Ji-Haw Industrial Co Ltd (TW:3011) was up 9.98% or 0.81 points to 8.93 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sun Race Sturmey-Archer Inc (TW:1526), which fell 9.91% or 4.60 points to trade at 41.80 at the close. Eastern Technologies Holding Ltd (TW:5225) declined 9.85% or 2.35 points to end at 21.50 and Abocom Systems Inc (TW:2444) was down 9.72% or 2.80 points to 26.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 518 to 307 and 87 ended unchanged.
Shares in Eastern Technologies Holding Ltd (TW:5225) fell to all time lows; down 9.85% or 2.35 to 21.50.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.10% or 0.07 to $70.89 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $78.21 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.55% or 7.30 to trade at $1310.90 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.14% to 29.865, while TWD/CNY rose 0.19% to 0.2124.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 92.60.