Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the , Trading & Consumer Goods and Glass sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted declined 0.30%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Avermedia Tech (TW:2417), which rose 10.00% or 1.05 points to trade at 11.55 at the close. Meanwhile, Lingsen (TW:2369) added 10.00% or 0.86 points to end at 9.46 and Airmate (TW:1626) was up 10.00% or 2.40 points to 26.40 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Candmark (TW:5259), which fell 9.72% or 0.28 points to trade at 2.60 at the close. Wei Chih Steel (TW:2028) declined 8.00% or 0.140 points to end at 1.610 and President Chai (TW:2912) was down 5.84% or 15.50 points to 250.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 426 to 304 and 124 ended unchanged.
Shares in Avermedia Tech (TW:2417) rose to 52-week highs; up 10.00% or 1.05 to 11.55.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.22% or 0.10 to $45.55 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.24% or 0.11 to hit $46.77 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.23% or 3.05 to trade at $1329.25 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.12% to 32.024, while TWD/CNY fell 0.24% to 0.2078.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.12% at 97.18.