Taiwan stocks higher at close of trade; Taiwan Weighted up 0.07%

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.

Source: Investing.com