Taiwan Stock Market Update

Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, primarily due to losses in the Machinery and Other Electronic sectors.

At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted declined 0.86% to hit a new one-month low.

Top Performers

The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted included:
– Arima Communications Corp (TW:8101): up 350.24% or 7.39 points to trade at 9.50.
– Compucase Enterprise Co Ltd (TW:3032): gained 9.98% or 6.60 points, ending at 72.70.
– Lien Chang Electronic Enterprise Co Ltd (TW:2431): rose 9.84% or 1.55 points, closing at 17.30.

Worst Performers

The worst performers of the session were:
– HiTi Digital Inc (TW:3494): down 55.00% or 9.63 points, trading at 7.88.
– Logah Technology Corp (TW:3593): fell 9.91% or 1.15 points, ending at 10.45.
– Lead Data Inc (TW:2443): down 9.85% or 0.39 points, closing at 3.57.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.

Shares in Arima Communications Corp reached a three-year high with a 350.24% gain to 9.50.

Commodity Update

• Crude oil for January delivery rose 0.20% or 0.14 to $69.31 a barrel.
• Brent oil for January increased 0.25% or 0.18 to $73.48 a barrel.
• December Gold Futures rose 0.48% or 12.60 to trade at $2,627.20 a troy ounce.

Currency Update

• USD/TWD fell 0.15% to 32.43.
• TWD/CNY was unchanged at 0.22.
• The US Dollar Index Futures ticked up 0.01% to 106.21.