Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Optoelectronic, Electricity and Oil, Gas & Electricity sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted gained 1.01%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Transasia (TW:6702), which rose 10.00% or 0.06 points to trade at 0.66 at the close. Meanwhile, Hannstar Displ (TW:6116) added 10.00% or 0.740 points to end at 8.140 and Yu Foung Intl (TW:1438) was up 10.00% or 0.380 points to 4.180 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Grape King (TW:1707), which fell 9.98% or 23.00 points to trade at 207.50 at the close. Choice Develop (TW:9929) declined 7.50% or 0.90 points to end at 11.10 and Copartner (TW:3550) was down 7.42% or 1.15 points to 14.35.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 527 to 209 and 139 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.09% or 0.05 to $53.85 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.16% or 0.09 to hit $56.74 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.48% or 5.45 to trade at $1144.25 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.15% to 32.326, while TWD/CNY rose 0.23% to 0.2160.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.11% at 102.89.