Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the , Glass and Plastic 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 Enterex International Ltd (TW:1592), which rose 10.00% or 4.45 points to trade at 48.95 at the close. Meanwhile, Mospec (TW:2434) added 9.99% or 0.67 points to end at 7.38 and Pal Wonn Taiwan Co Ltd (TW:2429) was up 9.93% or 1.50 points to 16.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kuangli Photoelectric Tech (TW:6431), which fell 10.00% or 1.20 points to trade at 10.80 at the close. Pihsiang (TW:1729) declined 9.89% or 3.55 points to end at 32.35 and Uniflex Technology Inc (TW:3321) was down 9.70% or 1.30 points to 12.10.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 670 to 141 and 63 ended unchanged.
Shares in Pihsiang (TW:1729) fell to 52-week lows; down 9.89% or 3.55 to 32.35. Shares in Uniflex Technology Inc (TW:3321) fell to 52-week lows; falling 9.70% or 1.30 to 12.10.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.09% or 0.04 to $46.39 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $49.33 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.05% or 0.58 to trade at $1227.68 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.33% to 30.261, while TWD/CNY fell 0.13% to 0.2281.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 99.14.