Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Plastic, Oil, Gas & Electricity and Cement sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted added 0.21%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Patec Precision Industry Co Ltd (TW:2236), which rose 9.91% or 5.40 points to trade at 59.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Waffer Technology Corp (TW:6235) added 8.68% or 1.45 points to end at 18.15 and Darwin Precisions Corp (TW:6120) was up 7.24% or 1.95 points to 28.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Edison Opto Corp (TW:3591), which fell 9.95% or 2.15 points to trade at 19.45 at the close. Teapo Electronic Corp (TW:2375) declined 9.79% or 8.70 points to end at 80.20 and Walsin Technology Corp (TW:2492) was down 9.39% or 37.00 points to 357.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 549 to 264 and 105 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.51% or 0.33 to $65.23 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.48% or 0.36 to hit $75.44 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.25% or 3.20 to trade at $1275.40 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.10% to 30.158, while TWD/CNY fell 0.37% to 0.2142.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 94.78.