Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Other Electronic, Glass and Chemicals sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted gained 0.06%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Nan Ya Printed Circuit Board Corp (TW:8046), which rose 10.00% or 2.50 points to trade at 27.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Episil-Precision Inc (TW:3016) added 10.00% or 2.80 points to end at 30.80 and Bright Led Electronics Corp (TW:3031) was up 9.91% or 1.65 points to 18.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Winbond Electronics Corp (TW:2344), which fell 6.63% or 1.85 points to trade at 26.05 at the close. Nien Made Enterprise Co Ltd (TW:8464) declined 5.86% or 19.00 points to end at 305.50 and Paiho Shih Holdings Corp (TW:8404) was down 5.58% or 4.00 points to 67.70.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 409 to 352 and 116 ended unchanged.
Shares in Episil-Precision Inc (TW:3016) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 10.00% or 2.80 to 30.80.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.17% or 0.09 to $52.38 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.14% or 0.08 to hit $58.41 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.28% or 3.64 to trade at $1274.66 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.01% to 30.272, while TWD/CNY rose 0.09% to 0.2195.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 93.85.