{
  "id": 1878028,
  "title": "Taiwan stocks lower at close of trade; Taiwan Weighted down 1.47%",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/taiwan-stocks-lower-at-close-of-trade-taiwan-weighted-down-1-47",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-19T06:05:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Investing.com",
    "slug": "investing-com",
    "url": "https://www.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/taiwan-stocks-lower-at-close-of-trade-taiwan-weighted-down-147-4866459"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Taiwan stocks declined at the close of trade on Wednesday, following losses in the Plastic and Chemical sectors. The Taiwan Weighted fell by 1.47%. Desiccant Technology Corp (TW:5292) was the top gainer of the session, rising 9.95% to 210.00. Merida Industry Co Ltd (TW:9914) and Nichidenbo Corp (TW:3090) also showed strong performance with gains of 9.93% and 9.91% respectively. Conversely, Ta Liang Technology Co Ltd (TW:3167) was the worst performer, dropping 10.00% to 693.00. Solomon Technology Corp (TW:2359) and Taiwan Microloops Corp (TW:6831) also declined by 9.30% and 8.55% respectively. There were 609 falling stocks and 390 advancing stocks on the Taiwan Stock Exchange, with 121 ending unchanged. Oil prices saw a slight increase, with Crude oil for October delivery up by 1.09% and Brent oil for October delivery rising by 0.97%. USD/TWD was down by 0.15% to 31.90, while TWD/CNY remained unchanged at 0.21. The US Dollar Index Futures also saw a decrease of 0.13% at 99.43.",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}