Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Optoelectronic, Iron & Steel and Glass sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted rose 0.95%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Candmark (TW:5259), which rose 9.84% or 0.19 points to trade at 2.12 at the close. Meanwhile, Harvatek (TW:6168) added 9.81% or 0.92 points to end at 10.30 and Twinhead Intl (TW:2364) was up 9.62% or 0.150 points to 1.710 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Hsin Ba Ba (TW:9906), which fell 9.96% or 2.60 points to trade at 23.50 at the close. Htc Corp (TW:2498) declined 6.48% or 7.00 points to end at 101.00 and Accton (TW:2345) was down 4.12% or 1.85 points to 43.10.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 586 to 165 and 101 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.96% or 0.46 to $48.31 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.73% or 0.36 to hit $49.62 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.36% or 4.75 to trade at $1322.65 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.30% to 32.325, while TWD/CNY rose 0.05% to 0.2051.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.12% at 96.07.