Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Glass, Oil, Gas & Electricity and Electricity sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted rose 0.26%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Darwin Precisions Corp (TW:6120), which rose 10.00% or 3.20 points to trade at 35.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Radiant Opto-Electronics Corp (TW:6176) added 9.91% or 6.60 points to end at 73.20 and Uniflex Technology Inc (TW:3321) was up 9.87% or 1.50 points to 16.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Accton Technology Corp (TW:2345), which fell 4.33% or 4.50 points to trade at 99.50 at the close. Promise Technology Inc (TW:3057) declined 4.23% or 0.45 points to end at 10.20 and Jye Tai Precision Industrial Co Ltd (TW:6165) was down 3.95% or 1.55 points to 37.65.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 469 to 294 and 120 ended unchanged.
Shares in Darwin Precisions Corp (TW:6120) rose to 5-year highs; up 10.00% or 3.20 to 35.20. Shares in Promise Technology Inc (TW:3057) fell to 5-year lows; down 4.23% or 0.45 to 10.20.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.68% or 0.39 to $57.53 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.85% or 0.54 to hit $63.88 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.33% or 4.10 to trade at $1245.80 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.02% to 30.021, while TWD/CNY rose 0.09% to 0.2201.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 93.94.