Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Electronic Products Distribution, Machinery and Rubber sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted rose 0.07%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Episil-Precision Inc (TW:3016), which rose 10.00% or 4.50 points to trade at 49.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Taiwan Chelic Corp Ltd (TW:4555) added 9.98% or 4.15 points to end at 45.75 and Altek Corp (TW:3059) was up 9.97% or 3.60 points to 39.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ALi Corp (TW:3041), which fell 6.29% or 2.35 points to trade at 35.00 at the close. Powertech Industrial Co Ltd (TW:3296) declined 5.75% or 1.85 points to end at 30.30 and Tai Twun Enterprise Co Ltd (TW:3432) was down 5.71% or 1.05 points to 17.35.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 0 to 0.
Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.09% or 0.06 to $70.10 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 1.24% or 0.90 to hit $73.22 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $2,633.50 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.03% to 32.70, while TWD/CNY unchanged 0.00% to 0.22.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 108.00.