Taiwan Stocks Fall at the Close of Trade; Taiwan weighted by 0.67% according to Investing.com
Investing.com – Taiwan equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the , and sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the decline was 0.67%.
The best performers of the session were Fortune Oriental Co Ltd (TW:), which rose 9.72% or 1.20 points to trade at 13.55 at the close. Meanwhile, Chung Fu Tex-International Corp (TW: ) added 8.48% or 2.80 points to end at 35.80 and Microelectronics Technology Inc (TW: ) was up 7.63% or 2.85 points to 40.20 at the close trading.
The worst performers of the session were Formosa Oilseed Processing Co Ltd (TW:), which fell 10.00% or 4.55 points to trade at 40.95 at the close. JSL Construction & Development Co Ltd (TW: ) declined 7.40% or 7.40 points to 92.60 and Fortune Information Systems Corp (TW: ) declined 7.28% or 1.95 points to 24.85. .
Declining stocks outnumbered rising stocks on the Taiwan Stock Exchange 0 to 0.
Shares of Formosa Oilseed Processing Co Ltd (TW:) fell to 3-year lows; down 10.00% or 4.55 to 40.95. Shares of Microelectronics Technology Inc (TW:) rose to 52-week highs; up 7.63% or 2.85 to 40.20.
Crude oil for February delivery rose 0.26% or 0.19 to $71.91 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent crude for March delivery rose 0.23% or 0.17 to $74.81 a barrel, while February gold futures rose 0.15% or 3.85 to 2,644 $.85 per troy ounce.
USD/TWD fell 0.02% to 32.86, while TWD/CNY was unchanged 0.05% to 0.22.
US dollar index futures fell 0.10% to 108.19.
