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 0.36%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Iron Force (TW:2228), which rose 10.00% or 19.50 points to trade at 214.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Global Lightin (TW:4935) added 7.93% or 5.50 points to end at 74.90 and Chang Ho (TW:1468) was up 7.66% or 0.80 points to 11.25 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Asmedia (TW:5269), which fell 9.27% or 25.50 points to trade at 249.50 at the close. Cyberpower (TW:3617) declined 8.36% or 8.40 points to end at 92.10 and Aopen (TW:3046) was down 7.15% or 0.47 points to 6.10.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 481 to 267 and 103 ended unchanged.
Shares in Aopen (TW:3046) fell to 3-years lows; losing 7.15% or 0.47 to 6.10.
Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.80% or 0.40 to $49.78 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.64% or 0.33 to hit $51.48 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.60% or 7.55 to trade at $1261.35 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.44% to 31.765, while TWD/CNY rose 0.14% to 0.2127.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.08% at 97.91.