Investing.com – Taiwan equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the , Electronic Parts/Components and Cement sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted declined 0.18% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Jourdeness Group Ltd (TW:4190), which rose 10.00% or 8.90 points to trade at 97.90 at the close. Dah San Electric Wire & Cable Co Ltd (TW:1615) added 10.00% or 2.30 points to end at 25.30 and Maxigen Biotech Inc (TW:1783) was up 9.99% or 3.65 points to 40.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Realtek Semiconductor Corp (TW:2379), which lost 9.92% or 12.50 points to trade at 113.50 in late trade. Yageo Corp (TW:2327) declined 8.61% or 55.00 points to end at 584.00 and Chilisin Electronics Corp (TW:2456) shed 8.10% or 8.50 points to 96.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 410 to 390 and 115 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.13% or 0.09 to $67.61 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.08% or 0.06 to hit $73.80 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.45% or 6.00 to trade at $1327.00 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.27% to 29.706, while TWD/CNY fell 0.09% to 0.2134.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 90.72.