Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the rose 0.07%.
The best performers of the session on the were Episil-Precision Inc (TW:), which rose 10.00% or 4.50 points to trade at 49.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Taiwan Chelic Corp Ltd (TW:) added 9.98% or 4.15 points to end at 45.75 and Altek Corp (TW:) was up 9.97% or 3.60 points to 39.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were ALi Corp (TW:), which fell 6.29% or 2.35 points to trade at 35.00 at the close. Powertech Industrial Co Ltd (TW:) declined 5.75% or 1.85 points to end at 30.30 and Tai Twun Enterprise Co Ltd (TW:) 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.
