Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Other Electronic, Computers & Peripherals and Electronics sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted added 0.55%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Silitech Technology Corp (TW:3311), which rose 9.97% or 1.75 points to trade at 19.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Powertech Industrial Co Ltd (TW:3296) added 9.80% or 1.95 points to end at 21.85 and Tai Twun Enterprise Co Ltd (TW:3432) was up 9.71% or 1.35 points to 15.25 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Answer Technology Co Ltd (TW:3528), which fell 7.00% or 2.41 points to trade at 32.00 at the close. Sintronic Technology Inc (TW:3536) declined 4.21% or 0.90 points to end at 20.50 and Yu Foong International Corp (TW:1438) was down 4.02% or 0.210 points to 5.020.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 386 to 368 and 124 ended unchanged.
Shares in Silitech Technology Corp (TW:3311) rose to 52-week highs; up 9.97% or 1.75 to 19.30.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.04% or 0.02 to $47.05 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $49.62 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.60% or 7.37 to trade at $1226.57 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.13% to 30.483, while TWD/CNY rose 0.09% to 0.2230.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 95.91.