Taiwan stocks lower at close of trade; Taiwan Weighted down 3.28%

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

At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted declined 3.28% to hit a new 3-months low.

The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Bonny Worldwide Ltd (TW:8467), which rose 10.00% or 8.80 points to trade at 96.80 at the close. Meanwhile, SciVision Biotech Inc (TW:1786) added 9.97% or 4.45 points to end at 49.10 and Caliway Biopharmaceuticals Co Ltd (TW:6919) was up 9.90% or 6.00 points to 66.60 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Nan Ya Printed Circuit Board Corp (TW:8046), which fell 10.00% or 108.00 points to trade at 972.00 at the close. Jentech Precision Industrial Co Ltd (TW:3653) declined 10.00% or 645.00 points to end at 5,805.00 and Pan-International Industrial Corp (TW:2328) was down 10.00% or 5.25 points to 47.25.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 881 to 172 and 73 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.91% or 0.80 to $87.32 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.35% or 0.33 to hit $94.29 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.23% or 50.30 to trade at $4,123.30 a troy ounce.

USD/TWD was up 0.54% to 33.04, while TWD/CNY unchanged 0.54% to 0.20.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.29% at 101.13.