Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Semiconductor, Other Electronic and Optoelectronic sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted rose 1.15%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Via Tech (TW:2388), which rose 10.00% or 1.20 points to trade at 13.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Sunko Ink (TW:1721) added 10.00% or 1.35 points to end at 14.85 and Htc Corp (TW:2498) was up 9.96% or 6.70 points to 74.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Candmark (TW:5259), which fell 10.00% or 0.17 points to trade at 1.53 at the close. Tainan Cayman (TW:5906) declined 7.14% or 0.15 points to end at 1.95 and China Tv (TW:9928) was down 5.29% or 0.28 points to 5.01.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 583 to 179 and 88 ended unchanged.
Shares in Candmark (TW:5259) fell to all time lows; falling 10.00% or 0.17 to 1.53. Shares in Sunko Ink (TW:1721) rose to 3-years highs; up 10.00% or 1.35 to 14.85. Shares in China Tv (TW:9928) fell to all time lows; losing 5.29% or 0.28 to 5.01.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 1.58% or 0.77 to $49.39 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 1.48% or 0.72 to hit $49.33 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.43% or 5.30 to trade at $1223.90 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.27% to 32.619, while TWD/CNY rose 0.15% to 0.2000.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.07% at 95.52.