Investing.com – Taiwan equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Other Electronic, Machinery and Transport sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted gained 0.27%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Jenn Feng New Energy Co Ltd (TW:1538), which rose 9.80% or 1.70 points to trade at 19.05 at the close. Mercuries Data Systems Ltd (TW:2427) added 6.92% or 2.00 points to end at 30.90 and Allis Electric Co Ltd (TW:1514) was up 6.41% or 9.00 points to 149.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Lead Data Inc (TW:2443), which lost 9.85% or 0.39 points to trade at 3.57 in late trade. Loop Telecommunication International Inc (TW:3025) declined 6.94% or 5.40 points to end at 72.40 and Innolux Corp (TW:3481) shed 6.92% or 1.10 points to 14.80.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 0 to 0 on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.54% or 0.44 to $81.27 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.47% or 0.40 to hit $84.62 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.36% or 8.30 to trade at $2,322.50 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.28% to 32.57, while TWD/CNY unchanged 0.22% to 0.22.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 105.36.