Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Other Electronic, Machinery and Transport sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted gained 0.27%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Jenn Feng New Energy Co Ltd (TW:1538), which rose 9.80% or 1.70 points to trade at 19.05 at the close. Meanwhile, Mercuries Data Systems Ltd (TW:2427) added 6.92% or 2.00 points to end at 30.90 and Allis Electric Co Ltd (TW:1514) was up 6.41% or 9.00 points to 149.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Lead Data Inc (TW:2443), which fell 9.85% or 0.39 points to trade at 3.57 at the close. Loop Telecommunication International Inc (TW:3025) declined 6.94% or 5.40 points to end at 72.40 and Innolux Corp (TW:3481) was down 6.92% or 1.10 points to 14.80.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 0 to 0.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.52% or 0.42 to $81.25 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.46% or 0.39 to hit $84.61 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.35% or 8.25 to trade at $2,322.55 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.28% to 32.57, while TWD/CNY unchanged 0.22% to 0.22.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 105.36.