Taiwan shares close slightly up as TSMC incurs further losses.

Shares in Taiwan closed slightly higher Wednesday, as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.'s negative performance eroded gains made by select old economy stocks. The Taiex, the Taiwan Stock Exchange's weighted index, ended up 19.09 points, or 0.12 percent, at 15,932.97 after moving between 15,867.02 and 15,944.32. Turnover totaled NT$228.97 billion (US$7.5 billion). The market opened up only 0.27 points following a lackluster night on the U.S. markets, where the Dow Jones Industrial...