Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the , Other Electronic and Paper & Pulp sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted fell 1.43%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Hung Chou Fiber Ind Co Ltd (TW:1413), which rose 10.00% or 1.25 points to trade at 13.75 at the close. Meanwhile, Taiwan Mask Corp (TW:2338) added 9.98% or 2.90 points to end at 31.95 and Chang Type Industrial Co Ltd (TW:1541) was up 9.94% or 3.95 points to 43.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sumagh High Tech Corp (TW:1475), which fell 6.32% or 1.70 points to trade at 25.20 at the close. China Steel Chemical Corp (TW:1723) declined 5.57% or 8.50 points to end at 144.00 and Rectron Ltd (TW:2302) was down 5.50% or 0.60 points to 10.30.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 564 to 238 and 107 ended unchanged.
Shares in Taiwan Mask Corp (TW:2338) rose to all time highs; up 9.98% or 2.90 to 31.95.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.03% or 0.02 to $66.62 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.35% or 0.27 to hit $76.47 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.28% or 3.70 to trade at $1305.00 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.24% to 29.929, while TWD/CNY rose 0.05% to 0.2149.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 93.47.