Investing.com – Taiwan equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the , Oil, Gas & Electricity and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted fell 0.15%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Solomon Tech (TW:2359), which rose 9.82% or 1.40 points to trade at 15.65 at the close. C Sun Mfg (TW:2467) added 9.77% or 1.70 points to end at 19.10 and Ace Pillar (TW:8374) was up 9.72% or 1.55 points to 17.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Transasia (TW:6702), which lost 9.63% or 0.13 points to trade at 1.22 in late trade. Yang Ming Mari (TW:2609) declined 6.14% or 0.29 points to end at 4.43 and Yu Foung Intl (TW:1438) shed 4.75% or 0.190 points to 3.810.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 414 to 326 and 131 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 1.17% or 0.62 to $52.36 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 1.06% or 0.59 to hit $55.13 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.41% or 4.75 to trade at $1163.75 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was down 0.23% to 31.744, while TWD/CNY rose 0.28% to 0.2180.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.14% at 100.94.