Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the , Glass and Biotech & Medical Care sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted lost 0.50%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were U-Tech (TW:3050), which rose 6.93% or 0.80 points to trade at 12.35 at the close. Meanwhile, Anderson (TW:1528) added 6.44% or 0.65 points to end at 10.75 and Htc Corp (TW:2498) was up 5.69% or 5.10 points to 94.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were L&K Eng (TW:6139), which fell 9.98% or 2.85 points to trade at 25.70 at the close. Cci (TW:6230) declined 9.97% or 16.50 points to end at 149.00 and Rexon Indu (TW:1515) was down 9.94% or 1.55 points to 14.05.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 672 to 126 and 54 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.37% or 0.19 to $51.16 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 0.36% or 0.19 to hit $52.95 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.23% or 2.95 to trade at $1263.35 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.47% to 31.621, while TWD/CNY unchanged 0.00% to 0.2127.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.14% at 97.05.