Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the , Machinery and Electricity sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted fell 0.25%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp (TW:2609), which rose 9.99% or 0.76 points to trade at 8.37 at the close. Meanwhile, Genesis Photonics Inc (TW:3383) added 9.76% or 0.20 points to end at 2.25 and Casetek Holdings Ltd (TW:5264) was up 8.23% or 3.80 points to 50.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fortune Information Systems Corp (TW:2468), which fell 9.89% or 1.35 points to trade at 12.30 at the close. Tatung Co (TW:2371) declined 9.82% or 4.05 points to end at 37.20 and Taiwan Prosperity Chemical Corp (TW:4725) was down 9.55% or 2.85 points to 27.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 457 to 340 and 101 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $69.75 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.04% or 0.03 to hit $80.02 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.43% or 5.30 to trade at $1222.10 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.26% to 30.965, while TWD/CNY rose 0.04% to 0.2235.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 95.46.