Taiwan stocks lower at close of trade; Taiwan Weighted down 2.62%

Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the , Semiconductor and Transport sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted fell 2.62%.

The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Arima Communications Corp (TW:8101), which rose 350.24% or 7.39 points to trade at 9.50 at the close. Meanwhile, TOPBI International Holdings Ltd (TW:2929) added 9.95% or 1.00 points to end at 11.05 and Sunjuice Holdings Co Ltd (TW:1256) was up 9.80% or 15.00 points to 168.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Lead Data Inc (TW:2443), which fell 9.85% or 0.39 points to trade at 3.57 at the close. Wan Hai Lines Ltd (TW:2615) declined 8.84% or 9.50 points to end at 98.00 and King Slide Works Co Ltd (TW:2059) was down 8.71% or 105.00 points to 1,100.00.

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

Shares in Arima Communications Corp (TW:8101) rose to 3-years highs; rising 350.24% or 7.39 to 9.50.

Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.16% or 0.11 to $68.28 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.14% or 0.10 to hit $71.80 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.20% or 5.45 to trade at $2,664.85 a troy ounce.

USD/TWD was up 0.36% to 31.88, while TWD/CNY unchanged 0.32% to 0.22.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 100.57.