Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the , Electricity and Paper & Pulp sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted declined 0.66%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Kinko Optical Co Ltd (TW:6209), which rose 10.00% or 5.20 points to trade at 57.20 at the close. Meanwhile, San Chih Semiconductor Inc Ltd (TW:3579) added 10.00% or 1.45 points to end at 15.95 and U-Tech Media Corp (TW:3050) was up 9.96% or 1.15 points to 12.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Loop Telecommunication International Inc (TW:3025), which fell 5.52% or 1.30 points to trade at 22.25 at the close. Avision Inc (TW:2380) declined 5.44% or 0.38 points to end at 6.61 and Sumagh High Tech Corp (TW:1475) was down 5.30% or 2.10 points to 37.50.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 561 to 218 and 94 ended unchanged.
Shares in Kinko Optical Co Ltd (TW:6209) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 10.00% or 5.20 to 57.20. Shares in San Chih Semiconductor Inc Ltd (TW:3579) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 10.00% or 1.45 to 15.95.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.25% or 0.12 to $48.78 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $53.38 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.07% or 0.97 to trade at $1343.53 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.08% to 30.090, while TWD/CNY rose 0.14% to 0.2182.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 92.26.