Investing.com – Taiwan equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the , Textile and Electronic Parts/Components sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted lost 0.04%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Gourmet Master Co Ltd (TW:2723), which rose 9.92% or 24.00 points to trade at 266.00 at the close. Swancor Holding Co Ltd (TW:3708) added 9.90% or 6.80 points to end at 75.50 and CSBC Corp Taiwan (TW:2208) was up 9.88% or 3.70 points to 41.15 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Eclat Textile Co Ltd (TW:1476), which lost 9.88% or 42.00 points to trade at 383.00 in late trade. Feng Tay Enterprises Co Ltd (TW:9910) declined 8.89% or 18.50 points to end at 189.50 and Tripod Technology Corp (TW:3044) shed 5.32% or 4.70 points to 83.60.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 405 to 357 and 148 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 0.04% or 0.03 to $72.25 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.06% or 0.05 to hit $81.31 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.02% or 0.30 to trade at $1204.80 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.03% to 30.660, while TWD/CNY rose 0.09% to 0.2241.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 93.74.