Investing.com – Taiwan equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the , Optoelectronic and Transport sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted fell 0.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Hung Chou Fiber Ind Co Ltd (TW:1413), which rose 10.00% or 0.77 points to trade at 8.47 at the close. Nuvoton Technology Corp (TW:4919) added 9.93% or 6.70 points to end at 74.20 and I-Hwa Industrial Co Ltd (TW:1456) was up 9.85% or 1.00 points to 11.15 in late trade.
Biggest losers included General Interface Solution GIS Holding Ltd (TW:6456), which lost 9.48% or 29.00 points to trade at 277.00 in late trade. Ichia Technologies Inc (TW:2402) declined 6.88% or 1.30 points to end at 17.60 and Compeq Manufacturing Co Ltd (TW:2313) shed 5.49% or 1.95 points to 33.60.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 457 to 317 and 100 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.33% or 0.17 to $52.05 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.55% or 0.32 to hit $58.20 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.02% or 0.20 to trade at $1286.00 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.03% to 30.204, while TWD/CNY fell 0.05% to 0.2194.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 93.41.