Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the , Textile and Oil, Gas & Electricity sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted declined 0.22%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Sintronic Tech (TW:3536), which rose 9.85% or 0.52 points to trade at 5.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Chia Chang (TW:4942) added 9.83% or 2.00 points to end at 22.35 and Ta-I Tech (TW:2478) was up 9.83% or 1.70 points to 19.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Inventec Corp (TW:2356), which fell 8.83% or 2.15 points to trade at 22.20 at the close. Eclat Textile (TW:1476) declined 8.33% or 38.50 points to end at 423.50 and Roo Hsing (TW:4414) was down 7.64% or 1.85 points to 22.35.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 464 to 303 and 83 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 1.09% or 0.45 to $41.00 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 1.01% or 0.42 to hit $41.37 a barrel, while the April Gold contract fell 1.02% or 12.70 to trade at $1235.90 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.12% to 32.483, while TWD/CNY fell 0.10% to 0.2000.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.11% at 95.78.