Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Textile, Semiconductor and Oil, Gas & Electricity sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted added 0.84%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Asia Optical Co Inc (TW:3019), which rose 9.89% or 8.30 points to trade at 92.20 at the close. Meanwhile, AOPEN Inc (TW:3046) added 8.85% or 1.70 points to end at 20.90 and Eclat Textile Co Ltd (TW:1476) was up 8.70% or 30.00 points to 375.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Holy Stone Enterprise Co Ltd (TW:3026), which fell 7.34% or 14.50 points to trade at 183.00 at the close. Walsin Technology Corp (TW:2492) declined 6.79% or 21.50 points to end at 295.00 and Chilisin Electronics Corp (TW:2456) was down 5.95% or 7.50 points to 118.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 420 to 365 and 129 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.01% or 0.01 to $69.16 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.09% or 0.07 to hit $74.58 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.26% or 3.20 to trade at $1221.50 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.13% to 30.591, while TWD/CNY rose 0.04% to 0.2236.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 94.91.