Investing.com – Taiwan equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the , Machinery and Electricity sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Taiwan, the Taiwan Weighted declined 0.37%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Taiwan Weighted were Jourdeness Group Ltd (TW:4190), which rose 10.00% or 10.50 points to trade at 115.50 at the close. G.M.I Technology Inc (TW:3312) added 9.98% or 0.82 points to end at 9.04 and Unity Opto Technology Co Ltd (TW:2499) was up 9.97% or 0.87 points to 9.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Century Iron And Steel Industrial Co Ltd (TW:9958), which lost 9.99% or 7.30 points to trade at 65.80 in late trade. China Steel Structure Co Ltd (TW:2013) declined 9.97% or 3.05 points to end at 27.55 and Swancor Holding Co Ltd (TW:3708) shed 9.93% or 15.00 points to 136.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 404 to 398 and 110 ended unchanged on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 0.62% or 0.42 to $67.67 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 0.29% or 0.21 to hit $73.34 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.31% or 4.10 to trade at $1310.90 a troy ounce.
USD/TWD was up 0.30% to 29.773, while TWD/CNY rose 0.28% to 0.2131.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 92.19.