Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the , Cement and Cement & Glass sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted declined 0.26%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Sintronic Tech (TW:3536), which rose 10.00% or 0.58 points to trade at 6.38 at the close. Meanwhile, Anderson (TW:1528) added 9.97% or 0.90 points to end at 9.93 and Tpk Holding (TW:3673) was up 8.99% or 6.60 points to 80.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Hiti Digital (TW:3494), which fell 9.90% or 2.00 points to trade at 18.20 at the close. Ta-I Tech (TW:2478) declined 6.32% or 1.20 points to end at 17.80 and Yoko Tech (TW:6131) was down 6.01% or 0.61 points to 9.54.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 517 to 252 and 83 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 1.16% or 0.46 to $39.33 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.72% or 0.29 to hit $40.18 a barrel, while the April Gold contract fell 0.51% or 6.20 to trade at $1217.80 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.00% to 32.621, while TWD/CNY unchanged 0.00% to 0.2003.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.14% at 96.19.