Taiwan stocks up at close; Taiwan rose 0.42% by Investing.com

Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the , and sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Taiwan, it gained 0.42%.

The best performers of the session were Meiloon Industrial Co Ltd (TW: ), which rose 9.98% or 3.20 points to trade at 35.25 at the close. Meanwhile, Daxin Materials Corp (TW: ) added 9.98% or 20.50 points to end at 226.00 and Abonmax Co Ltd (TW: ) was up 9.97% or 2.85 points to end at 31. 45 at the end of transactions.

The worst performers of the session were Arima Communications Corp (TW:), which declined 9.95% or 0.21 points to trade at 1.90 at the close. Lead data Inc (TW: ) declined 9.85% or 0.39 points to end at 3.57 and Realtek Semiconductor Corp ( TW: ) declined 7.51% or 38.00 points to 468.00.

Declining stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Taiwan Stock Exchange by 0 to 0.

Shares in Meiloon Industrial Co Ltd (TW:) rose to 3-year highs; up 9.98% or 3.20 to 35.25. Shares in Arima Communications Corp (TW:) fell to a low; down 9.95% or 0.21 to 1.90. Shares in Daxin Materials Corp (TW:) rose to all-time highs; up 9.98% or 20.50 to 226.00.

Crude oil for November delivery fell 0.59%, or 0.41, to $69.55 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodity trading, Brent crude for November delivery was down 0.60%, or 0.44, at $73.26 a barrel, while December gold futures were up 0.10 % or 2.50 to $2,594.90 a troy ounce.

USD/TWD rose 0.02% to 31.95, while TWD/CNY was unchanged 0.00% to 0.22.

US dollar index futures fell 0.06% to 100.50.