Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the , Information Services and Electricity sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted lost 0.05%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Patec Precision Industry Co Ltd (TW:2236), which rose 10.00% or 6.70 points to trade at 73.70 at the close. Meanwhile, Enlight Corp (TW:2438) added 9.96% or 0.91 points to end at 10.05 and Jenn Feng (TW:1538) was up 9.88% or 0.66 points to 7.34 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tex-Ray (TW:1467), which fell 9.91% or 0.98 points to trade at 8.91 at the close. Pihsiang (TW:1729) declined 9.86% or 2.10 points to end at 19.20 and Silergy (TW:6415) was down 8.43% or 51.00 points to 554.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 426 to 348 and 100 ended unchanged.
Shares in Patec Precision Industry Co Ltd (TW:2236) rose to all time highs; up 10.00% or 6.70 to 73.70. Shares in Tex-Ray (TW:1467) fell to 3-years lows; down 9.91% or 0.98 to 8.91. Shares in Pihsiang (TW:1729) fell to all time lows; down 9.86% or 2.10 to 19.20.
Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.43% or 0.21 to $49.06 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.42% or 0.22 to hit $52.04 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.39% or 4.85 to trade at $1234.85 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.28% to 30.066, while TWD/CNY rose 0.26% to 0.2301.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.27% at 98.54.