Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the , Glass and Other Electronic sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted lost 0.54%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Abocom Systems Inc (TW:2444), which rose 9.90% or 3.00 points to trade at 33.30 at the close. Meanwhile, VIA Technologies Inc (TW:2388) added 9.85% or 1.00 points to end at 11.15 and Logah Technology Corp (TW:3593) was up 9.84% or 1.50 points to 16.75 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Genius Electronic Optical Co Ltd (TW:3406), which fell 8.34% or 35.50 points to trade at 390.00 at the close. Grand Pacific Petrochemical Corp (TW:1312) declined 7.32% or 1.90 points to end at 24.05 and Calin Technology Co Ltd (TW:4976) was down 6.31% or 2.95 points to 43.80.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 547 to 237 and 89 ended unchanged.
Shares in Abocom Systems Inc (TW:2444) rose to 5-year highs; up 9.90% or 3.00 to 33.30. Shares in Logah Technology Corp (TW:3593) rose to 52-week highs; rising 9.84% or 1.50 to 16.75.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.80% or 0.40 to $50.30 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.44% or 0.24 to hit $55.38 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.47% or 6.11 to trade at $1316.71 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.02% to 30.123, while TWD/CNY fell 0.18% to 0.2181.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 91.54.