Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the , Paper & Pulp and Biotech & Medical Care sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted declined 0.04%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were I-Hwa Industrial Co Ltd (TW:1456), which rose 10.00% or 0.88 points to trade at 9.68 at the close. Meanwhile, Compucase (TW:3032) added 9.97% or 3.85 points to end at 42.45 and Tatung Co Ltd (TW:2371) was up 9.86% or 1.05 points to 11.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Li Cheng (TW:4426), which fell 9.95% or 10.80 points to trade at 97.70 at the close. Enterex International Ltd (TW:1592) declined 8.00% or 4.40 points to end at 50.60 and Tonlin Dept (TW:2910) was down 7.68% or 2.30 points to 27.65.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 388 to 385 and 101 ended unchanged.
Shares in Tatung Co Ltd (TW:2371) rose to 3-years highs; rising 9.86% or 1.05 to 11.70.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.26% or 0.13 to $50.95 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.17% or 0.09 to hit $53.73 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.30% or 3.55 to trade at $1189.05 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.05% to 31.926, while TWD/CNY rose 0.05% to 0.2161.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.05% at 102.06.