Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Glass, Oil, Gas & Electricity and Electricity sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted gained 0.43%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Kian Shen Corp (TW:1525), which rose 9.99% or 7.80 points to trade at 85.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Ritek Corp (TW:2349) added 9.98% or 0.530 points to end at 5.840 and Young Optics Inc (TW:3504) was up 9.97% or 6.10 points to 67.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sun Race Sturmey-Archer Inc (TW:1526), which fell 9.93% or 6.90 points to trade at 62.60 at the close. LongDa Construction & Development Corp (TW:5519) declined 8.49% or 1.15 points to end at 12.40 and Lemtech Holdings Co Ltd (TW:4912) was down 8.43% or 15.00 points to 163.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 467 to 343 and 101 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.26% or 0.17 to $65.34 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.38% or 0.27 to hit $70.77 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.15% or 2.00 to trade at $1347.90 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.04% to 29.203, while TWD/CNY rose 0.09% to 0.2158.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 89.20.