Investing.com – Taiwan stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Glass, Financials and Electronic Products Distribution sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted rose 0.37%.

The best performers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Global View Co Ltd (TW:3040), which rose 10.00% or 3.50 points to trade at 38.50 at the close. Meanwhile, ASRock Inc (TW:3515) added 10.00% or 19.50 points to end at 214.50 and Biostar Microtech International Corp (TW:2399) was up 9.95% or 2.10 points to 23.20 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Arima Communications Corp (TW:8101), which fell 9.95% or 0.21 points to trade at 1.90 at the close. Lead Data Inc (TW:2443) declined 9.85% or 0.39 points to end at 3.57 and Evertex Fabrinology Ltd (TW:1470) was down 7.23% or 1.85 points to 23.75.

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

Shares in Arima Communications Corp (TW:8101) fell to all time lows; losing 9.95% or 0.21 to 1.90.

Crude oil for October delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $75.53 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to hit $78.66 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.49% or 12.60 to trade at $2,540.30 a troy ounce.

USD/TWD was up 0.26% to 31.99, while TWD/CNY unchanged 0.13% to 0.22.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.33% at 100.79.

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