Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Cement, Cement & Glass and Oil, Gas & Electricity sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted added 0.35%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Everfocus Elec (TW:5484), which rose 10.00% or 0.460 points to trade at 5.060 at the close. Meanwhile, Calin (TW:4976) added 9.92% or 1.20 points to end at 13.30 and Kinko Optical (TW:6209) was up 9.46% or 1.40 points to 16.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tong-Hwa Synth (TW:1418), which fell 8.50% or 0.39 points to trade at 4.20 at the close. Lung Hwa Eltrs (TW:2424) declined 4.90% or 1.40 points to end at 27.20 and Aoc (TW:6289) was down 4.63% or 0.050 points to 1.030.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 425 to 292 and 140 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was down 1.07% or 0.52 to $47.97 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 1.10% or 0.55 to hit $49.28 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.06% or 0.75 to trade at $1288.85 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.06% to 32.439, while TWD/CNY rose 0.10% to 0.2033.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.13% at 94.91.