Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the , Electronic Parts/Components and Textile sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted declined 1.52%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Eastern Technologies Holding Ltd (TW:5225), which rose 10.00% or 2.10 points to trade at 23.10 at the close. Meanwhile, Sumagh High Tech Corp (TW:1475) added 9.80% or 1.95 points to end at 21.85 and Sunjuice Holdings Co Ltd (TW:1256) was up 6.89% or 11.50 points to 178.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Yageo Corp (TW:2327), which fell 9.94% or 79.00 points to trade at 716.00 at the close. Walsin Technology Corp (TW:2492) declined 9.93% or 34.00 points to end at 308.50 and Holy Stone Enterprise Co Ltd (TW:3026) was down 8.54% or 17.50 points to 187.50.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 718 to 132 and 67 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.22% or 0.15 to $67.81 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.41% or 0.30 to hit $72.69 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.10% or 1.20 to trade at $1228.80 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.11% to 30.660, while TWD/CNY fell 0.18% to 0.2221.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 94.53.