Investing.com – Taiwan equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Information Services, Construction and Auto sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted gained 0.49%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were TPK Holding Co Ltd (TW:3673), which rose 10.00% or 4.90 points to trade at 53.90 at the close. Oceanic Beverages Co Inc (TW:1213) added 10.00% or 0.95 points to end at 10.45 and Tai Twun Enterprise Co Ltd (TW:3432) was up 10.00% or 2.65 points to 29.15 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tong-Tai Machine Tool Co Ltd (TW:4526), which lost 10.44% or 3.35 points to trade at 28.75 in late trade. Enlight Corp (TW:2438) declined 10.00% or 7.50 points to end at 67.50 and Lead Data Inc (TW:2443) shed 9.85% or 0.39 points to 3.57.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 0 to 0 on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.10% or 0.08 to $79.63 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.13% or 0.11 to hit $83.62 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.15% or 3.70 to trade at $2,471.50 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.04% to 32.60, while TWD/CNY unchanged 1.69% to 0.22.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 103.88.