Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Optoelectronic, Machinery and Plastic sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted gained 1.42%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Airtac International Group (TW:1590), which rose 10.00% or 43.00 points to trade at 473.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Faraday Technology Corp (TW:3035) added 9.99% or 6.80 points to end at 74.90 and SDI Corp (TW:2351) was up 9.99% or 6.70 points to 73.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sun Yad Construction Co Ltd (TW:1316), which fell 8.13% or 1.70 points to trade at 19.20 at the close. JSL Construction & Development Co Ltd (TW:2540) declined 7.53% or 1.80 points to end at 22.10 and Jinan Acetate Chemical Co Ltd (TW:4763) was down 7.00% or 10.50 points to 139.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 718 to 133 and 62 ended unchanged.
Shares in Sun Yad Construction Co Ltd (TW:1316) fell to 52-week lows; losing 8.13% or 1.70 to 19.20. Shares in Jinan Acetate Chemical Co Ltd (TW:4763) fell to 52-week lows; losing 7.00% or 10.50 to 139.50.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.79% or 0.50 to $63.89 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.87% or 0.58 to hit $67.44 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.21% or 2.80 to trade at $1332.30 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.00% to 29.208, while TWD/CNY fell 0.37% to 0.2134.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 89.46.