Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the , Semiconductor and Electricity sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted fell 0.86%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Sercomm Corp (TW:5388), which rose 10.00% or 5.50 points to trade at 60.50 at the close. Meanwhile, GeoVision Inc (TW:3356) added 9.95% or 2.15 points to end at 23.75 and Vivotek Inc (TW:3454) was up 9.89% or 9.00 points to 100.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Green Energy Technology Inc (TW:3519), which fell 9.96% or 0.84 points to trade at 7.59 at the close. Radiant Opto-Electronics Corp (TW:6176) declined 7.40% or 6.40 points to end at 80.10 and Asmedia Technology Inc (TW:5269) was down 7.40% or 35.50 points to 444.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 546 to 246 and 108 ended unchanged.
Shares in Green Energy Technology Inc (TW:3519) fell to all time lows; down 9.96% or 0.84 to 7.59. Shares in Vivotek Inc (TW:3454) rose to 52-week highs; rising 9.89% or 9.00 to 100.00.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.26% or 0.15 to $57.05 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.39% or 0.26 to hit $66.53 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.05% or 0.60 to trade at $1224.70 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.08% to 30.936, while TWD/CNY fell 0.04% to 0.2252.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 96.06.