Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the , Plastic and Electricity sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted fell 0.93% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Genmont Biotec (TW:3164), which rose 9.90% or 1.95 points to trade at 21.65 at the close. Meanwhile, Gamma Optical (TW:3557) added 9.86% or 0.560 points to end at 6.240 and Yu Foung Intl (TW:1438) was up 8.47% or 0.320 points to 4.100 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Transasia (TW:6702), which fell 8.99% or 0.08 points to trade at 0.81 at the close. Genius (TW:3406) declined 5.05% or 5.50 points to end at 103.50 and Ace Pillar (TW:8374) was down 4.79% or 0.95 points to 18.90.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 635 to 146 and 90 ended unchanged.
Shares in Transasia (TW:6702) fell to all time lows; falling 8.99% or 0.08 to 0.81.
Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.08% or 0.04 to $52.45 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $54.45 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.15% or 1.65 to trade at $1131.55 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.24% to 32.092, while TWD/CNY rose 0.18% to 0.2176.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.06% at 102.98.