Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Hotels, Auto and Trading & Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted gained 0.24%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were AOPEN Inc (TW:3046), which rose 10.00% or 1.65 points to trade at 18.15 at the close. Meanwhile, Mospec Semiconductor Corp (TW:2434) added 10.00% or 1.00 points to end at 11.00 and Century Iron And Steel Industrial Co Ltd (TW:9958) was up 9.95% or 3.95 points to 43.65 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Realtek Semiconductor Corp (TW:2379), which fell 4.12% or 5.00 points to trade at 116.50 at the close. Asia Optical Co Inc (TW:3019) declined 4.07% or 5.00 points to end at 118.00 and Daxin Materials Corp (TW:5234) was down 4.05% or 3.40 points to 80.60.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 448 to 356 and 108 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.74% or 0.48 to $64.02 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.61% or 0.42 to hit $68.10 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.52% or 6.90 to trade at $1342.30 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.38% to 29.131, while TWD/CNY fell 0.05% to 0.2160.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 88.79.