Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the , Other Electronic and Machinery sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted declined 1.17%.
The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Hota Industrial Mfg. Co Ltd (TW:1536), which rose 9.93% or 6.00 points to trade at 66.40 at the close. Meanwhile, Tri Ocean Textile Co Ltd (TW:1472) added 9.92% or 6.00 points to end at 66.50 and Arima Communications Corp (TW:8101) was up 9.90% or 1.50 points to 16.65 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Lead Data Inc (TW:2443), which fell 9.85% or 0.39 points to trade at 3.57 at the close. Trk Corp (TW:1432) declined 6.76% or 1.45 points to end at 20.00 and Jentech Precision Industrial Co Ltd (TW:3653) was down 6.33% or 95.00 points to 1,405.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 0 to 0.
Shares in Arima Communications Corp (TW:8101) rose to 3-years highs; up 9.90% or 1.50 to 16.65.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.03% or 0.02 to $68.75 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.01% or 0.01 to hit $72.31 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.76% or 20.05 to trade at $2,666.35 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.19% to 32.56, while TWD/CNY unchanged 0.18% to 0.22.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 106.85.
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