Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the , Electricity and Plastic sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted lost 0.29%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Genius (TW:3406), which rose 10.00% or 19.50 points to trade at 214.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Formosa Sumco (TW:3532) added 9.92% or 8.90 points to end at 98.60 and Gem Terminal (TW:2460) was up 9.72% or 1.05 points to 11.85 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Chung Fu (TW:1435), which fell 5.49% or 0.340 points to trade at 5.850 at the close. Yu Foung Intl (TW:1438) declined 5.20% or 0.260 points to end at 4.740 and Evertop Wire (TW:1616) was down 4.81% or 0.360 points to 7.130.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 488 to 288 and 100 ended unchanged.
Shares in Genius (TW:3406) rose to 3-years highs; gaining 10.00% or 19.50 to 214.50. Shares in Formosa Sumco (TW:3532) rose to 3-years highs; up 9.92% or 8.90 to 98.60.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.08% or 0.04 to $53.07 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $55.76 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.05% or 0.65 to trade at $1233.75 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.02% to 30.758, while TWD/CNY fell 0.04% to 0.2242.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 100.98.