Investing.com – Taiwan equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Oil, Gas & Electricity, Construction and Glass sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted added 0.08%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Chien Shing Ss (TW:2025), which rose 10.00% or 0.180 points to trade at 1.980 at the close. Calin (TW:4976) added 9.86% or 2.10 points to end at 23.40 and Sino Horizon (TW:2923) was up 9.85% or 2.00 points to 22.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Fu Hsing Indu (TW:9924), which lost 9.67% or 4.50 points to trade at 42.05 in late trade. Epistar (TW:2448) declined 4.91% or 1.10 points to end at 21.30 and Tong-Hwa Synth (TW:1418) shed 4.44% or 0.20 points to 4.30.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 422 to 354 and 82 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.58% or 0.27 to $46.31 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.83% or 0.41 to hit $48.82 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.73% or 9.85 to trade at $1347.05 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.51% to 31.439, while TWD/CNY unchanged 0.00% to 0.2121.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.23% at 94.97.