Taiwan stocks lower at close of trade; Taiwan Weighted down 1.03%

Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the , Plastic and Oil, Gas & Electricity sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted fell 1.03%.

The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Gordon Auto Body Parts Co Ltd (TW:1524 ), which rose 9.95% or 3.65 points to trade at 40.35 at the close. Meanwhile, GEM Services Inc (TW:6525 ) added 9.91% or 6.40 points to end at 71.00 and Universal Inc (TW:1325 ) was up 9.91% or 3.15 points to 34.95 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were EverFocus Electronics Corp (TW:5484 ), which fell 6.48% or 4.40 points to trade at 63.50 at the close. Loop Telecommunication International Inc (TW:3025 ) declined 6.44% or 5.10 points to end at 74.10 and Jentech Precision Industrial Co Ltd (TW:3653 ) was down 6.05% or 95.00 points to 1,475.00.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 0 to 0.

Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.05% or 0.04 to $73.36 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.08% or 0.06 to hit $76.22 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.15% or 3.90 to trade at $2,676.30 a troy ounce.

USD/TWD was up 0.16% to 32.94, while TWD/CNY unchanged 0.18% to 0.22.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 108.96.

Source: Investing.com