Investing.com – Taiwan equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Electronic Products Distribution, Machinery and Rubber sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted rose 0.07%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Episil-Precision Inc (TW:3016), which rose 10.00% or 4.50 points to trade at 49.50 at the close. Taiwan Chelic Corp Ltd (TW:4555) added 9.98% or 4.15 points to end at 45.75 and Altek Corp (TW:3059) was up 9.97% or 3.60 points to 39.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ALi Corp (TW:3041), which lost 6.29% or 2.35 points to trade at 35.00 in late trade. Powertech Industrial Co Ltd (TW:3296) declined 5.75% or 1.85 points to end at 30.30 and Tai Twun Enterprise Co Ltd (TW:3432) shed 5.71% or 1.05 points to 17.35.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 0 to 0 on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.09% or 0.06 to $70.10 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 1.24% or 0.90 to hit $73.22 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to trade at $2,633.50 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.03% to 32.70, while TWD/CNY unchanged 0.00% to 0.22.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 108.00.