Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the , Rubber and Hotels sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted lost 0.75%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Evertop Wire (TW:1616), which rose 9.83% or 0.400 points to trade at 4.470 at the close. Meanwhile, Hiwin (TW:2049) added 8.28% or 12.50 points to end at 163.50 and Great Wall Ent (TW:1210) was up 7.87% or 2.10 points to 28.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pao Lung (TW:1906), which fell 9.80% or 1.25 points to trade at 11.50 at the close. Tri Ocean Text (TW:1472) declined 9.76% or 1.65 points to end at 15.25 and Arcadyan Tech (TW:3596) was down 8.44% or 5.90 points to 64.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 548 to 230 and 76 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.29% or 0.12 to $41.59 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.23% or 0.10 to hit $43.95 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.26% or 3.45 to trade at $1348.45 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.17% to 31.265, while TWD/CNY fell 0.09% to 0.2143.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.06% at 95.65.