Investing.com – Taiwan equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the , Plastic and Glass sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted fell 0.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Genius (TW:3406), which rose 10.00% or 13.00 points to trade at 143.00 at the close. Jean (TW:2442) added 10.00% or 0.77 points to end at 8.47 and Altek (TW:3059) was up 9.98% or 2.35 points to 25.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Emerging Displ (TW:3038), which lost 4.09% or 0.45 points to trade at 10.55 in late trade. Msi (TW:2377) declined 3.65% or 2.90 points to end at 76.60 and Jui Li (TW:1512) shed 3.63% or 0.26 points to 6.91.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 503 to 257 and 118 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.34% or 0.18 to $52.66 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.34% or 0.19 to hit $55.66 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.02% or 0.25 to trade at $1213.15 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.34% to 31.492, while TWD/CNY fell 0.37% to 0.2174.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.28% at 100.54.