Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the , Semiconductor and Electronics sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted declined 2.06%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were J Touch (TW:3584), which rose 10.00% or 0.75 points to trade at 8.25 at the close. Meanwhile, Young Fast (TW:3622) added 9.91% or 1.05 points to end at 11.65 and Pec (TW:4916) was up 9.89% or 1.85 points to 20.55 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Y.C.C. (TW:1339), which fell 9.91% or 6.80 points to trade at 61.80 at the close. Cvilux (TW:8103) declined 9.90% or 2.95 points to end at 26.85 and Sercomm (TW:5388) was down 7.04% or 5.70 points to 75.30.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 713 to 130.
Shares in Y.C.C. (TW:1339) fell to 52-week lows; falling 9.91% or 6.80 to 61.80.
Crude oil for November delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $46.36 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.25% or 0.12 to hit $48.95 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.07% or 0.80 to trade at $1125.60 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.36% to 32.847, while TWD/CNY fell 0.05% to 0.1937.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.08% at 96.57.