Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the , Auto and Cement sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted fell 0.94%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Abnova (TW:4133), which rose 9.94% or 3.15 points to trade at 34.85 at the close. Meanwhile, Via Tech (TW:2388) added 9.89% or 0.71 points to end at 7.89 and Acbel (TW:6282) was up 9.87% or 2.35 points to 26.15 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tainan Cayman (TW:5906), which fell 9.96% or 0.26 points to trade at 2.35 at the close. Chien Shing Ss (TW:2025) declined 9.89% or 0.27 points to end at 2.46 and Yoko Tech (TW:6131) was down 9.73% or 1.45 points to 13.45.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 571 to 273 and 1 ended unchanged.
Shares in Chien Shing Ss (TW:2025) fell to all time lows; down 9.89% or 0.27 to 2.46.
Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.85% or 0.34 to $41.02 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.62% or 0.27 to hit $44.00 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.16% or 1.70 to trade at $1070.30 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.57% to 32.782, while TWD/CNY rose 0.10% to 0.1945.
The US Dollar Index was unchanged 0.00% at 99.72.