Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Textile, Rubber and Iron & Steel sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted rose 0.06%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Holy Stone Enterprise Co Ltd (TW:3026), which rose 10.00% or 27.00 points to trade at 297.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Rectron Ltd (TW:2302) added 9.77% or 1.05 points to end at 11.80 and Leadtek Research Inc (TW:2465) was up 9.76% or 1.85 points to 20.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Universal Microelectronics Co Ltd (TW:2413), which fell 9.92% or 3.05 points to trade at 27.70 at the close. Episil-Precision Inc (TW:3016) declined 9.91% or 6.90 points to end at 62.70 and Sun Yad Construction Co Ltd (TW:1316) was down 9.86% or 2.10 points to 19.20.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 420 to 370 and 126 ended unchanged.
Shares in Holy Stone Enterprise Co Ltd (TW:3026) rose to all time highs; gaining 10.00% or 27.00 to 297.00. Shares in Rectron Ltd (TW:2302) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 9.77% or 1.05 to 11.80.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.49% or 0.36 to $74.50 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.37% or 0.29 to hit $78.05 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.60% or 7.50 to trade at $1261.00 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.25% to 30.473, while TWD/CNY fell 0.37% to 0.2168.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 94.15.