Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Electricity, Chemicals and Other Electronic 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 ASRock Inc (TW:3515), which rose 9.99% or 7.20 points to trade at 79.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Altek Corp (TW:3059) added 9.98% or 2.70 points to end at 29.75 and Pan Jit International Inc (TW:2481) was up 9.98% or 3.00 points to 33.05 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Yoko International Corp (TW:6131), which fell 7.13% or 1.55 points to trade at 20.20 at the close. Shin Shin Co Ltd (TW:2901) declined 3.91% or 1.10 points to end at 27.00 and Shunsin Technology Holdings Ltd (TW:6451) was down 3.85% or 5.00 points to 125.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 401 to 362 and 114 ended unchanged.
Shares in Pan Jit International Inc (TW:2481) rose to 5-year highs; rising 9.98% or 3.00 to 33.05.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.47% or 0.27 to $57.72 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.62% or 0.39 to hit $62.85 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.00% or 0.03 to trade at $1294.87 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.10% to 29.963, while TWD/CNY rose 0.05% to 0.2198.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 93.08.