Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the , Paper & Pulp and Semiconductor sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted lost 0.20%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Genius (TW:3406), which rose 10.00% or 26.00 points to trade at 286.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Chant Sincere (TW:6205) added 9.92% or 3.50 points to end at 38.80 and Chenming Mold (TW:3013) was up 9.90% or 1.95 points to 21.65 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Leadtek (TW:2465), which fell 9.20% or 0.72 points to trade at 7.11 at the close. Wus Printed Ci (TW:2316) declined 8.16% or 1.60 points to end at 18.00 and Quanta (TW:2382) was down 5.30% or 3.50 points to 62.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 454 to 312 and 112 ended unchanged.
Shares in Genius (TW:3406) rose to 3-years highs; rising 10.00% or 26.00 to 286.00. Shares in Leadtek (TW:2465) fell to 3-years lows; losing 9.20% or 0.72 to 7.11. Shares in Chenming Mold (TW:3013) rose to 52-week highs; up 9.90% or 1.95 to 21.65.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.72% or 0.35 to $48.72 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.60% or 0.31 to hit $51.73 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.49% or 6.15 to trade at $1249.45 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.34% to 30.270, while TWD/CNY unchanged 0.00% to 0.2268.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 99.72.