Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Optoelectronic, Plastic and Oil, Gas & Electricity sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted added 2.81%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Global Unichip Corp (TW:3443), which rose 10.00% or 27.00 points to trade at 297.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Leadtek Research Inc (TW:2465) added 10.00% or 2.05 points to end at 22.55 and Li Cheng Enterprise Co Ltd (TW:4426) was up 9.99% or 4.35 points to 47.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Lung Hwa Electronics Co Ltd (TW:2424), which fell 9.88% or 3.65 points to trade at 33.30 at the close. Cyberlink Co (TW:5203) declined 3.69% or 2.40 points to end at 62.60 and Chia Ta World Co Ltd (TW:2033) was down 3.01% or 0.55 points to 17.70.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 849 to 36 and 26 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.95% or 0.59 to $61.20 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.70% or 0.46 to hit $64.79 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.09% or 1.20 to trade at $1330.00 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.08% to 29.222, while TWD/CNY fell 0.09% to 0.2171.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 89.75.