Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the , Oil, Gas & Electricity and Electricity sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted fell 0.19%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Formosa Sumco (TW:3532), which rose 9.93% or 3.50 points to trade at 38.75 at the close. Meanwhile, Kpt Industries (TW:1805) added 8.70% or 0.48 points to end at 6.00 and Action Eltr (TW:3024) was up 8.29% or 0.600 points to 7.840 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Infodisc Tech (TW:2491), which fell 7.25% or 0.57 points to trade at 7.29 at the close. Honmyue Enter (TW:1474) declined 4.70% or 0.55 points to end at 11.15 and Swancor Holding Co Ltd (TW:3708) was down 4.56% or 3.40 points to 71.20.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 442 to 298 and 122 ended unchanged.
Shares in Action Eltr (TW:3024) rose to 3-years highs; up 8.29% or 0.600 to 7.840.
Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.68% or 0.32 to $47.18 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.91% or 0.44 to hit $49.05 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.55% or 7.05 to trade at $1280.15 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.06% to 31.552, while TWD/CNY fell 0.05% to 0.2149.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.09% at 98.41.