Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the , Textile and Other Electronic sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted lost 0.48%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Leadtek (TW:2465), which rose 9.91% or 0.85 points to trade at 9.43 at the close. Meanwhile, Tah Tong Texti (TW:1441) added 9.08% or 0.67 points to end at 8.05 and Tong-Hwa Synth (TW:1418) was up 9.00% or 0.38 points to 4.60 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were China Tv (TW:9928), which fell 9.50% or 0.57 points to trade at 5.43 at the close. Eclat Textile (TW:1476) declined 7.14% or 24.50 points to end at 318.50 and Li Cheng (TW:4426) was down 6.60% or 9.50 points to 134.50.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 569 to 209 and 76 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.20% or 0.10 to $48.91 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $49.72 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.23% or 2.80 to trade at $1217.50 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.33% to 32.510, while TWD/CNY rose 0.10% to 0.2025.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.10% at 95.32.