Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Glass, Paper & Pulp and Trading & Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted rose 0.04%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Genius Electronic Optical Co Ltd (TW:3406), which rose 9.93% or 29.00 points to trade at 321.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Sumagh High Tech Corp (TW:1475) added 9.92% or 1.75 points to end at 19.40 and Inventec Besta Co Ltd (TW:8201) was up 9.69% or 1.25 points to 14.15 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were CoAdna Holdings Inc (TW:4984), which fell 10.00% or 5.25 points to trade at 47.25 at the close. Cheer Time Enterprise Co Ltd (TW:3229) declined 9.90% or 2.05 points to end at 18.65 and Evertex Fabrinology Ltd (TW:1470) was down 5.91% or 1.10 points to 17.50.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 489 to 264 and 124 ended unchanged.
Shares in Sumagh High Tech Corp (TW:1475) rose to 3-years highs; rising 9.92% or 1.75 to 19.40.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.46% or 0.22 to $47.97 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.44% or 0.22 to hit $49.90 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.17% or 2.17 to trade at $1295.33 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.11% to 30.121, while TWD/CNY fell 0.13% to 0.2259.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 96.52.