Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Textile, Optoelectronic and Hotels sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted rose 0.26%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were AzureWave Technologies Inc (TW:3694), which rose 10.00% or 1.75 points to trade at 19.25 at the close. Meanwhile, Crowell Development Corp (TW:2528) added 10.00% or 1.75 points to end at 19.25 and Hiyes International Co Ltd (TW:2348) was up 10.00% or 3.15 points to 34.65 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Abocom Systems Inc (TW:2444), which fell 10.00% or 3.65 points to trade at 32.85 at the close. Optimax Technology Corp (TW:3051) declined 8.62% or 0.43 points to end at 4.56 and Formosa Petrochemical Corp (TW:6505) was down 8.23% or 9.50 points to 106.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 422 to 345 and 147 ended unchanged.
Shares in AzureWave Technologies Inc (TW:3694) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 10.00% or 1.75 to 19.25.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.19% or 0.12 to $63.66 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.21% or 0.14 to hit $67.56 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.14% or 1.80 to trade at $1313.70 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.08% to 29.182, while TWD/CNY rose 0.18% to 0.2166.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 89.83.