Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the , Semiconductor and Electricity sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted lost 0.42%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Precision (TW:3016), which rose 9.94% or 1.80 points to trade at 19.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Ygg (TW:1589) added 9.38% or 16.00 points to end at 186.50 and Tainergy Tech (TW:4934) was up 9.31% or 1.35 points to 15.85 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tri Ocean Text (TW:1472), which fell 6.25% or 1.00 points to trade at 15.00 at the close. Choice Develop (TW:9929) declined 6.03% or 0.70 points to end at 10.90 and Jye Tai Precision Industrial Co Ltd (TW:6165) was down 5.68% or 0.90 points to 14.95.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 395 to 345 and 111 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.79% or 0.36 to $45.38 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.85% or 0.41 to hit $47.94 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.56% or 7.55 to trade at $1355.05 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.59% to 31.151, while TWD/CNY rose 0.47% to 0.2130.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.54% at 95.06.