HONG KONG -- Taiwan's share prices closed higher Wednesday with the weighted index up 74.85 points, or 0.91 percent, to close at 8,337.90, according to news reaching here from Taipei.

The local bourse fluctuated between 8,303.20 and 8,344.21 during the day's trading. Turnover totaled 79.84 billion new Taiwan dollars (2.66 billion U.S. dollars).