Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the , Electronic Parts/Components and Optoelectronic sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted lost 1.65%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Century Iron And Steel Industrial Co Ltd (TW:9958), which rose 9.97% or 6.30 points to trade at 69.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Solytech Enterprise Corp (TW:1471) added 9.93% or 0.69 points to end at 7.64 and Edison Opto Corp (TW:3591) was up 9.92% or 1.95 points to 21.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Hung Chou Fiber Ind Co Ltd (TW:1413), which fell 9.63% or 1.45 points to trade at 13.60 at the close. Chang Type Industrial Co Ltd (TW:1541) declined 9.19% or 3.95 points to end at 39.05 and Yageo Corp (TW:2327) was down 8.81% or 100.00 points to 1035.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 623 to 209 and 84 ended unchanged.
Shares in Edison Opto Corp (TW:3591) rose to 52-week highs; up 9.92% or 1.95 to 21.60.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.93% or 0.61 to $65.08 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.89% or 0.67 to hit $74.67 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.16% or 2.00 to trade at $1282.10 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.12% to 30.202, while TWD/CNY rose 0.14% to 0.2139.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 94.49.